Scaling bioreactors to match a 350M-ton global meat market in 20 years is a fantasy. Lab meat will carve out a real niche, but cows and chickens aren't going anywhere by 2045.
Lab-grown meat will scale fast in nuggets, burgers, and premium niches, but cost, infrastructure, and food culture will keep conventional farming on top for decades.
People love their traditional steaks too much to switch overnight. Lab meat will be on every menu, but it won't dethrone the trillion-dollar Big Ag machine in just twenty years.
Lab meat won't scale cheap or fast enough to dethrone real farms by 2045. Some city shelves, sure, but steak from cows keeps winning.
