PETA Offers $1 Million for Creation of Test Tube T-Bones

I've often thought about the possibility of eating without killing anything. The only way I could come up with is to eat milk and honey (as long as you don't deprive the bees and baby calves from too much of it, since they need it for their survival). This is kind of weird since a lot of vegans won't touch dairy. I guess it has something to do with how the milk cows are treated and the close quarters that they live in. Or you could eat fruits and vegetables that have seeds, as long as you place the seeds somewhere that they have a chance to grow (if you don't, you're killing a possible life. It's like plant abortion.) And you could always do the vulture thing and scavenge for things that are already dead. Roadkill, anyone?

PETA has a novel idea for a way for us to not have to slaughter animals: test tube meat. They are trying to find a scientist that can produce in vitro meat by the year 2012 that can be mass produced and marketed, and they are going to offer the researcher who accomplishes this task $1 million.

Many PETA members still don't like the idea of eating meaty tissue, even if nothing is killed in the process. It has created a separation between those who are for the possibility of mass producing "fake meat" for all of the omnivores out there, and those who believe that eating any kind of meat is disgusting and the consumption of any meat product is not something PETA should stand for.

Regardless, with the technology we have today, scientists could create test-tube meat. It would be less expensive than feeding and slaughtering livestock, and wouldn't require the huge (and smelly) facilities that the meat market of today does. The thought of eating this man-made meat may be disturbing to many and may not catch on very fast (or ever, for that matter). But it would eliminate the possibility of getting something like mad cow disease or the bird flu. It may seem gross to us now, but if a widespread disease infects livestock, and Americans still want their hamburgers and chicken nuggets, this may be the safest way to get them.