Most people in the west definitely eat too much and too low quality meat. In Germany it's pretty much the norm to eat two meat based meal a day, if not three. Meat in the US is an abomination, both in term of quality and amount consumed. No reason to stop eating meat altogether but plenty of reasons to start eating less of it
I personally reduced my meat consumption by about 80% and mostly eat a vegetarian diet based on non processed food, I feel as good as ever, my performance in the gym didn't decrease, there is no reason to eat as much meat as we do really, it's purely cultural. I don't have anything against meat morally speaking, I still get a nice piece of it whenever I can when I'm eating out, I just cut the garbage quality meat (aka 80% of what's available in supermarkets)
Are you sure you see absolutely no reason to stop eating meat? You may need to read the parent comment again, a few are cited, including the "need to kill billions of animals every year" you didn't address.
Whether those reasons are sufficient to stop eating meat is a separate matter.
> we're not going to
> Artificial meat will always be a minor alternative.
I need a crystal ball, can you tell me where you got yours?
What if lab grown meat was significantly cheaper than animal-sourced meat? Because that could very well happen in the future, animal production isn't exactly cheap or effective.