I think if it ends up being commercially viable, it'll hopefully cause factory farms to shrink. They've been pretty tight-lipped about how much energy it'll require, though.

But personally, I'm not all that interested at this point. The plant based alternative meats are just... Really damn good now, like crazy good. Impossible burgers and 'chicken' patties are literally indistinguishable for me. If anything, I think impossible burgers taste better than any real burger I've ever had, and I'm someone who was a pretty big meat lover.

For less expensive options, there's soy curls, which I've found to be a versatile, healthy, and protein rich generic meat that can take on any flavor I put on it. So I can still have pulled pork BBQ, Beef in my chili, or some great low-carb tacos.

I tried some plant-based breaded fish thing from trader joes recently, and god dang if it wasn't excellent.

The alternatives are already here, and they're delicious. I feel like lab grown meat will be there for people who psychologically just have to have 'real' meat for some reason, but ideologically don't want to support factory farming.