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Scientists Advocate Replacing Cattle With Insects
rhettb writes "Scientists in the Netherlands have discovered that insects produce significantly less greenhouse gas per kilogram of meat than cattle or pigs. Their study, published in the online journal PLoS, suggests that a move towards insect farming could result in a more sustainable — and affordable — form of meat production."
Typical human selfishness trying to hog all the life on the planet.
Surely it is more generous to let your protein have a chance at sentience before you eat it - and we must eat it to survive.
I find it very nice that my protein (that I must eat) can walk around, be happy, find it's own food - even reproduce - before it is eaten.
Condemning so much of the protein we consume to a life in a tank could perhaps be the most selfish thing we have deliberately done as a species.
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*smug*Makes me even happier that I am a vegetarian*smug*
There, fixed that for ya!
America, Home of the Brave.
In the short term we also have to factor in the costs of making our fences fucking huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge
which is totally what she said
At least they taste better than tofu.
Well, that's your opinion. I have 16 years of experience saying you are wrong.
You can't handle the truth.
I absolutely agree.
In fact, the real problem with using insects for protein will be milking the jumpy little buggers. I mean, even if you can get 'em to squat over the bucket, ordinary fingers will just be way too big for those tiny nipples. We'll have to train squads of baby capuchin monkeys, and you know what a short attention span THEY have. In five minutes, their smocks'll be off and they'll be flinging poo and demanding very small bananas.
It'll never work. Madness, I tell you.
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
Why wont someone think of the plants?
Plants are living! Why do we eat them!
Time to start eating Gravel!
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
...once they work the bugs out.
See, you only need to change one letter on the Chick-fil-A cows' signs.
That was easy.
Village idiot in some extremely smart villages.
Sounds good now, but later we'll rue the day we switched.
There's also the option of vertical farming. Not a good idea though. I'm sure it will all end in tiers.
Back to to the insects. Sky prawns FTW!
the French enjoy snails
The French enjoy garlic butter. They add a token amount of snail to it because just eating lumps of garlic butter would be a bit weird.
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Bullcrap. When I use Monster electrical cords on the lights in my henhouse, the eggs have even RICHER yolks than free-range, plus the hen's clucks sound SILKIER.
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