FAQ & Mythbusting

Will automated vehicles really be safer?

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Myth: Electric vehicles are too expensive to produce to replace traditional vehicles globally

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Myth: Roadtrips are impossible with electric vehicles because of the need to recharge. Charging an EV is lengthy and inconvenient

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Myth: It is impossible to convert the entire global road transportation fleet to electric vehicles

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Myth: Electric cars require cobalt, the mining of which uses child labor

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Myth: Robotaxis will never be safe enough

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Myth: Modern foods will have the same environmental impact and drawbacks as animal-based foods

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Myth: Modern foods will not contain the same micro- and macro-nutrients as animal foods

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How does Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture water use compare to the animal agriculture it will replace?

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Why aren’t other modern food technologies disruptive in the same way that Precision Fermentation is?

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How much energy do Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture require?

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How can we avoid large-scale corporate control of these technologies?

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How much waste material is produced by modern foods, and are there any associated environmental risks?

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What if I never want to give up my meat?

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What will happen to all the cows?

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How can we avoid a sudden transition to the modern food system that could threaten the livelihoods of subsistence and artisan farmers and others that work in food production?

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How will the modern food disruption work in poorer regions and nations around the world?

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Where will Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture technologies be most suited geographically?

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How much will the energy for Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture cost?

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Myth: The disruption of food and agriculture means that in the future there will be no meat available from animals

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Myth: The new modern food system will be centralized and corporation owned, just like the pharmaceutical industry

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How can we trust meat, milk or other animal products grown in a lab?

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Myth: The companies and products we see today are the future of the food industry

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Myth: Modern foods are only able to replicate the animal products we already have

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Myth: A sustainable energy future will require us to embrace austerity and use less energy

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Myth: Switching to clean technologies will be expensive, and the cost of converting to an electrified civilization is more than the cost of maintaining the current system

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Myth: Cloudy days present a real challenge to solar, wind and battery meeting daily global energy demands as weather fluctuates

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Myth: The same amount of energy is needed for a combustion civilization as an electrified civilization

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Myth: Solar, wind and batteries cannot support the entire global population

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Myth: Modern foods are, and will forever be, too expensive to compete with animal products

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Myth: Precision Fermentation is only a production method for making proteins

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Can we build batteries fast enough to maintain exponential growth of renewables and electric vehicles?

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How will the disruption play out in India, Southeast Asia, Africa and other places where consumers are very price-sensitive?

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How will the roads be financed when there is no gas tax? Will there be an electronic distance-based toll system?

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Myth: It is impossible to build enough battery storage to power our civilization with clean energy

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Myth: There is not enough lithium on earth for a global electric economy reliant on lithium-ion batteries

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Will the cost of batteries rise because of supply shortages?

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How many jobs will be created by the disruption of transportation? How many jobs will be destroyed?

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What will happen to the existing fleet of vehicles as a result of the transportation disruption? Can these vehicles be converted to EVs? A-EVs?

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Does the scarcity of raw materials needed to make lithium-ion batteries mean that we won’t be able to build enough batteries for our energy demands?

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Myth: The disruption of food and agriculture means that in the future there will be no meat available from animals

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Myth: “I could never give up my car!”

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Myth: There is not enough lithium to make all the electric cars we need

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How many autonomous electric vehicles will be needed?

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Myth: Autonomous vehicles are more dangerous than manual driving

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Myth: A modern food system will demand too much energy to be viable

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Where will the energy for Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture come from?

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How much farmland acreage would be impacted by a transition to Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture food systems?

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Myth: Foods made with precision fermentation are GMOs

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Myth: Technologies like Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture will not be able to be scaled enough to feed our global population

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Myth: Nickel is a less abundant resource. There is not enough of it to power an electric future

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Myth: It is impossible to have a 100% renewable grid, because it is too inefficient to build solar, wind or battery capacity that we only use for a small fraction of the time

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Myth: Robotaxi technology does not work and will never work. Driving is too complicated. At best “Level 5”, fully self-driving cars are decades away

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Myth: Robotaxis cannot take over the market quickly

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Myth: Robotaxis cannot compete economically with human-driven taxis because of the cost of taxi licenses (‘medallions’)

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RethinkX: FAQ & Mythbusting

Will automated vehicles really be safer?

RethinkX: FAQ & Mythbusting

Myth: Electric vehicles are too expensive to produce to replace traditional vehicles globally

RethinkX: FAQ & Mythbusting

Myth: Roadtrips are impossible with electric vehicles because of the need to recharge. Charging an EV is lengthy and inconvenient

Will automated vehicles really be safer?

Myth: Electric vehicles are too expensive to produce to replace traditional vehicles globally

Myth: Roadtrips are impossible with electric vehicles because of the need to recharge. Charging an EV is lengthy and inconvenient

Myth: It is impossible to convert the entire global road transportation fleet to electric vehicles

Myth: Electric cars require cobalt, the mining of which uses child labor

Myth: Robotaxis will never be safe enough

Myth: Modern foods will have the same environmental impact and drawbacks as animal-based foods

Myth: Modern foods will not contain the same micro- and macro-nutrients as animal foods

How does Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture water use compare to the animal agriculture it will replace?

Why aren’t other modern food technologies disruptive in the same way that Precision Fermentation is?

How much energy do Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture require?

How can we avoid large-scale corporate control of these technologies?

How much waste material is produced by modern foods, and are there any associated environmental risks?

What if I never want to give up my meat?

What will happen to all the cows?

How can we avoid a sudden transition to the modern food system that could threaten the livelihoods of subsistence and artisan farmers and others that work in food production?

How will the modern food disruption work in poorer regions and nations around the world?

Where will Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture technologies be most suited geographically?

How much will the energy for Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture cost?

Myth: The disruption of food and agriculture means that in the future there will be no meat available from animals

Myth: The new modern food system will be centralized and corporation owned, just like the pharmaceutical industry

How can we trust meat, milk or other animal products grown in a lab?

Myth: The companies and products we see today are the future of the food industry

Myth: Modern foods are only able to replicate the animal products we already have

Myth: Cultivated meat is not real meat

What is the difference between Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture?

Are batteries too expensive to build to meet our global energy demands?

What is the role of hydrogen in our energy future?

What is the role of conventional nuclear power in our energy future?

Myth: A sustainable energy future will require us to embrace austerity and use less energy

Myth: Switching to clean technologies will be expensive, and the cost of converting to an electrified civilization is more than the cost of maintaining the current system

Myth: Cloudy days present a real challenge to solar, wind and battery meeting daily global energy demands as weather fluctuates

Myth: The same amount of energy is needed for a combustion civilization as an electrified civilization

Myth: Solar, wind and batteries cannot support the entire global population

Myth: Modern foods are, and will forever be, too expensive to compete with animal products

Myth: Precision Fermentation is only a production method for making proteins

Can we build batteries fast enough to maintain exponential growth of renewables and electric vehicles?

How will the disruption play out in India, Southeast Asia, Africa and other places where consumers are very price-sensitive?

How will the roads be financed when there is no gas tax? Will there be an electronic distance-based toll system?

Myth: It is impossible to build enough battery storage to power our civilization with clean energy

Myth: There is not enough lithium on earth for a global electric economy reliant on lithium-ion batteries

Will the cost of batteries rise because of supply shortages?

How many jobs will be created by the disruption of transportation? How many jobs will be destroyed?

What will happen to the existing fleet of vehicles as a result of the transportation disruption? Can these vehicles be converted to EVs? A-EVs?

Does the scarcity of raw materials needed to make lithium-ion batteries mean that we won’t be able to build enough batteries for our energy demands?

Myth: The disruption of food and agriculture means that in the future there will be no meat available from animals

Myth: “I could never give up my car!”

Myth: There is not enough lithium to make all the electric cars we need

How many autonomous electric vehicles will be needed?

Myth: Autonomous vehicles are more dangerous than manual driving

Myth: A modern food system will demand too much energy to be viable

Where will the energy for Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture come from?

How much farmland acreage would be impacted by a transition to Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture food systems?

Myth: Foods made with precision fermentation are GMOs

Myth: Technologies like Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture will not be able to be scaled enough to feed our global population

Myth: Nickel is a less abundant resource. There is not enough of it to power an electric future

Myth: It is impossible to have a 100% renewable grid, because it is too inefficient to build solar, wind or battery capacity that we only use for a small fraction of the time

Myth: Robotaxi technology does not work and will never work. Driving is too complicated. At best “Level 5”, fully self-driving cars are decades away

Myth: Robotaxis cannot take over the market quickly

Myth: Robotaxis cannot compete economically with human-driven taxis because of the cost of taxi licenses (‘medallions’)

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