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Originally Posted by Aragorn
Oh, so now they’re initiatives. You didn’t mention that in the other post.
Anyhow yes, 100% fear mongering.
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There's no "fear mongering" in noting that a shift to insect protein is being talked about, and legally adopted, globally. Call it incentives, call it social pressure, call it legislation, call it whatever you want. It's an actual market with tens of billions being invested. You must have missed Bill Gates on 60 Minutes in Feb 2021. "Alternative protein" is not just the Impossible Burger being offered just about everywhere now, but insect protein has been a huge push due to it's benefits over plant-based protein. Because it's being sold as a solution to climate change, therefore, changing our food sources will be forced upon us just as EV transitions are.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/pres.../en/IP_21_3541
"The European Commission presented its plans to help the European Union become carbon neutral by 2050 on Wednesday. As part of the European Green Deal, the Commission, the executive branch of the EU, has pledged €100 billion from 2021-2027 for the green transition. The plan includes investing in plant-based and alternative proteins."
https://time.com/5942290/eat-insects-save-planet/
"Analysts at Barclays Bank now estimate that the insect protein market could reach $8bn by 2030, up from less than $1bn today. "
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6728817/
"In Western societies, edible insects have a greater potential as animal feed than as human food because of cultural biases associated with harmful insects, although the abundant characteristics of edible insects should benefit human health. Nevertheless, many countries in Asia, Oceania, Africa, and Latin America utilize insects as a major protein source. Using insects can potentially solve problems related to the conventional food-supply chain, including global water, land, and energy deficits. Academic, industry, and government-led efforts have attempted to reduce negative perceptions of insects through developing palatable processing methods, as well as providing descriptions of health benefits and explaining the necessity of reducing reliance on other food sources. Our overview reveals that entomophagy is experiencing a steady increase worldwide, despite its unfamiliarity to the consumers influenced by Western eating habits."
https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0907203914.htm
"The use of insects as food for humans and animals has both the potential to reduce European consumers' carbon footprint and contribute to reducing incentives for continued soybean cultivation in the Amazon rainforest. However, when compared to feeding insects to farm animals, the direct human consumption of insects has the biggest potential to reduce our consumption-based carbon footprint."
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/1...arithmetically.
"However, the production of meat, more importantly ruminant meat is more and more argued for some issues including environment, food safety, and animal welfare. In order to ensure sustainable protein production, the dietary change would be to use alternative protein sources such as insects. In general, insects have high protein content and excellent production efficiency compared with other conventional protein food groups. It is necessarily important to develop the use of insects in various forms, including pastes or powders, concentrates or isolates which can be used further as ingredients or fortified agents in new food product formulations."