Posted on 05/04/2017 7:41:44 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Replacing half of the meat eaten worldwide with crickets and mealworms would cut farmland use by a third, substantially reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, researchers say.
While consumers' reluctance to eat insects may limit their consumption, even a small increase would bring benefits, the team says.
This could potentially be achieved by using insects as ingredients in some pre-packaged foods.
Researchers say that replacing meat with crickets and mealworms could help tackle climate change.
Using data collected primarily by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, scientists compared the environmental impacts of conventional meat production with those of alternative sources of food.
It is the first study to do so.
They said it would cut farmland use which would reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh and Scotland's Rural College considered a scenario in which half of the current mix of animal products is replaced by insects, lab-grown meat or imitation meat.
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They should make dog and cat food out of them.
I keep hearing crickets are very good
I would actually try them
Are locusts the same as crickets? It would make a nice feast every 17 years.
Let’s get started! You first.
If only the Egyptians of Moses’ day had only EATEN the locusts, they could have completely avoided one plague!
Ask a Somalian?
You first, lefties.
Are they following their own advice or is this another sham by the experts expecting us to conform to a solution for a fictional problem.
Frog legs too
Simmered in a little white wine ...
I am all for these “researchers” and “scientists” living in a shack in the woods with no electricity and having a diet of grubs and roots. If they do it for even six months and can still tell me how great it is, I might listen to them. Until then...
...hypocrites. All of them.
Bill Nye and planned parenthood want us to eat babies. It’s a more direct solution.
Just leave things alone and climate change will kill off large numbers of earth’s population.
HA! These “researchers” discuss such ideas at conferences held in five-star European hotels where they are served five-course meals that feature filet mignon.
These people are just plain bizarre.
Co2 emissions make plants grow. More co2, more plants and more food for all. When the earth warms it gets wetter and more lush and more life sustaining. The warming happens mostly mear polls where its too cold. And currently the Earth is below average temp per the natural processes we can do.little to influence and it would be great if we had more warmth. This is all well known actual scirnce. The idea that co2 is a pollutant is a scam pushed by governments and not inspired by science.
The coupla hundred thousand insects in my back yard make food for me to eat and sell. Why would I want to eat them?
SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!
Even if it did help Father Earth, I wouldn’t want to eat a Democrat?
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