Posted on 12/12/2018 8:39:27 AM PST by Kaslin
The world has found itself in a “mammoth environmental crisis,” and we will all have to dramatically alter our diets to reduce our impact on the Earth, CNN argues in a story advocating replacing beef consumption with bug consumption.
Discussing the UK’s new “bleeding” burger that is not made from meat, CNN has laid out a few options for getting away from “greenhouse-gas-intensive foods such as beef and toward healthier and more sustainable diets.”
Here are some foods you can eat to reduce your beef intake https://t.co/BNMFUwil3j pic.twitter.com/ddmB4uWXEs— CNN (@CNN) December 9, 2018
Six-legged creatures already supplement the diets of 2 billion people in the world, predominantly in Asia, Africa and Latin America. But the trend is starting to creep into Western cuisine, with some restaurants offering insect-based menus and some mainstream European supermarkets starting to sell edible insect snacks or bug burgers.
Bug Foundation, a startup based in Germany, developed a burger made from mealworms that is now stocked in more than 1,000 supermarkets across Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
"If you compare insects with beef, for the same amount of protein, you need roughly 1,000 times less water, 10 times less feed and you emit up to 100 times less greenhouse gases," said Baris Özel, co-founder of Bug Foundation.
Springmann, who has carried out research on insects as an alternative to meat, agrees on the environmental benefits, but he is skeptical of the cost. "In high-income countries, insects are actually fairly expensive because they are such a niche product," he said. (CNN)
The article also recommended less extreme options, such as mixing meat with vegetables like mushrooms; replacing beef with chicken or pork; and ditching meat altogether.
Some people think it’s a good idea to go to church on Sunday.
I’d rather starve.
There is no crisis outside of the thugs and dictators which stop stuff from getting to the people when it is donated, not to mention killing off farmers in South Africa.
Naphthalene, in concentration, can be fatal to humans, just like CO2.
It's always something.
Of course.
They can shove that the same place millions of people with their heads screwed on straight made them shove their desire that we buy carbon credits to save the planet, quit having children to save the planet, give up cars to save the planet, voluntarily give large sums of money to the poor to save the planet, turn down the heat in winter to save the planet, turn off the air conditioner in summer to save the planet, stop buying leather products to save the planet, stop wearing fur to save the planet, give up our guns for a hundred reasons, one of which, I’m sure was to save the planet, and on and on and on. I’ll be sooooo glad when people finally get completely sick and tired of their baloney and slap them down for good.
“I want CNN to eat something else... And die.”
D*mn, beat me to it.
Please sell ticks for the death interval.
You’ll make billions and billions.
If these Delta Bravo’s pushing this crap ever end up with a foothold in this country, there will damn well be a shooting war here.
Bugs my ass.
If I am starving and my pelvic bones are sticking out, I will no doubt consider it.
Until then, I will eat the people pushing this crap before I eat bugs!
Snakes on the other hand seem like they would be okay to eat. No problem there. I would even try it now.
hahahahahahahahaha
The elites are preparing a future in which it’s limos, private planes, mansions, and filet mignon for them, and skateboards, buses, apartments, tents, and bugs for the rest of us.
“Johnny, you aren’t leaving the table until you eat your bugs!”
Hey CNN - EAT THIS!
Well, lets put it in another different light, what about my cousin Kevin eating a worm on a dare about 50 years ago?
I only got a nickel for eating a bug, but what did my cousin Kevin get?
He got teased mercilessly at the family reunion, thats what he got.
Get some money if youre going to eat a bug or a worm.
“...They should lead by example ....”
AND of each of them should be required - BY LAW - to hold their breath for 2 hours a day to reduce “global warming” and their carbon dioxide emissions.
No breathing, Two hours minimum, per day.
(A side benefit of this is it will also help reduce the “overpopulation crisis”..., so it’s a DOUBLE benefit... to “save the children”, after all...)
I feel the same way about people who are in favor of mass murder to control the population. Lead by example.
I succumbed to peer pressure on group tour in southern Africa and ate a fried bug at a restaurant. I quickly reached for a glass of water...it wasnt good.
Stealing that!
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