Bill Gates says no beef for rich countries

Synthetic and Plant-based Meat

Do you think your country should stop eating real meat?

Imagine you can only eat synthetic meat or plant-based meat. Which one will you choose?

Do you think that synthetic and plant-based meat will ever taste 100% the same as real meat?

Greenhouse Gases

To lessen greenhouse gases, Gates believes that rich countries should switch to only synthetic or plant-based meat. Do you think his idea is reasonable?

Other than farming, what other human activities cause greenhouse gases to increase(ex. cutting down trees, driving cars)?

Do you think it's still possible to fix the world's greenhouse gas problem, or is it too late?

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently suggested that rich countries should eat only synthetic or plant-based meat. Synthetic meat is grown in a lab from animal cells, while plant-based meat is created from plant and other non-animal ingredients. Gates added that the world's 80 poorest countries should still eat real meat.

In Gates' new book, he says that it's impossible to completely get rid of the greenhouse gases that come from cows and the fertilizers used for the grass that they eat. In the US, 10% of the total greenhouse gases come from farming. To lesson them, Gates believes that countries should switch to eating only synthetic or plant-based meat.

According to Gates, the taste of synthetic and plant-based meat is different from real meat, but manufactures are trying to improve it. Some plant-based meat companies have also made their products more affordable and easily available. Impossible Foods now offers a set of two burger patties for $5.49(about \600) and a 340-gram pack of ground beef for $6.99(about \765). A similar company, Beyond Meat, has partnered with Walmart to sell its products in more than 2,400 stores.

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synthetic ｽｨﾝセﾃｨｯｸ adj)組み合わせの、合成の

plant-based  植物由来の

lab ラァﾌﾞ n)研究･実験室　laboratory ラァﾌﾞｧﾗﾄﾘｰ の略語

cell セﾙ n)小部屋、細胞

ingredient ｲﾝｸﾞリ-ﾃﾞｨｴﾝﾄ n)材料、食材⇒類語 element n)要素

greenhouse ｸﾞリｰﾝﾊｳｽ n)温室

greenhouse gas/gases n)温室効果ガス　※地球に温室効果をもたらすガス CO2 など

fertilizer フｧ-ﾃｨﾗｲｻﾞｰ　n)肥料、化学肥料

grass ｸﾞｩラｧｽ n)草、芝

glass ｸﾞラｧｽ　n)ガラス、コップ

manufacture ﾏﾆｭファｸﾁｬｰ n)生産、製造　v)生産、製造する

affordable ｱフｫ-ﾃﾞﾌﾞﾙ adj)手頃な、手に入る

patty パァﾃｨ n)パイの皮、ひき肉の薄い円形に作った料理

partner パｧ-ﾄﾅ-ｧ n)相棒　v)パートナーを組む、提携する

farming フｧ-ﾐﾝｸﾞ n)農業