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Insects have to eat something too. And some insects are carnivorous. So you would be inserting multiple layers into the food chain with all the associated effic
by the8472 8y ago
Insects have to eat something too. And some insects are carnivorous. So you would be inserting multiple layers into the food chain with all the associated efficiency losses and increases in carbon footprint.
Going straight to the source seems reasonable if it can be made to work.
- b_tterc_p 8y agoYou’re not wrong, but it’s worth getting a sense of scale. Farming insects uses about 90% less land than beef, and similarly large savings in water and feed. If people like meat, bugs are a pretty good way to solve for that.