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I don't know, just seems to be the general vibe from many of the recent 'eating insects' stories: raising insects is more sustainable than regular meet because
by phreeza 11y ago
I don't know, just seems to be the general vibe from many of the recent 'eating insects' stories: raising insects is more sustainable than regular meet because it consumes less meat and land, and emits less greenhouse gasses.
- ekianjo 11y agoNot sure if you could produce enough insects for the whole wide world or even a country. For animal products, its been demonstrated at large scale. For insects, it has never been done so I'd like to see how it scales, and what kind of problems come from scaling up. Until then, it's just a nice fantasy.
- blacksmith_tb 11y agoWell, ants and termites together are estimated to have about as much biomass as all cattle, sheep, and goats combined... [1] 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomass_%28ecology%29#Global_biomass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomass_%28ecology%29#Global_b...