>...how can I judge the impact my food choices have on biodiversity? You can't, and neither you nor anyone else in this thread has any idea what to do about th

>...how can I judge the impact my food choices have on biodiversity? You can't, and neither you nor anyone else in this thread has any idea what to do about the insect apocalypse. Seems like insecticides, but we really don't know! Has insecticide use really increased that much since the 80s across the west? Doesn't seem likely. Maybe it is one specific insecticide used in growing X? Maybe some other chemical? Could be monoculture, disease, something that's already in the environment we can do nothing about; maybe it's solar panels and windmills (seriously -it's possible, and it would be ironic), maybe it's a change in drainage patterns, suburbanization, some chemical now commonly used in housing (or for all we know, skincare), changes in automotive shapes (maybe streamlined cars are more lethal to bugs somehow), or maybe insects are all "eff you, stupid apes, we're leaving before the Vogon constructor fleet gets here." As for individual choice; as difficult as it may be for people to believe after a century of "do your bit" propaganda starting from the first world war; your actions may have no bearing on the matter. Telling people what to do when you don't know doesn't help, and acts as a sort of psychological purity ritual. Like the recycling that ends up shipped to Indonesia and dumped into the ocean; you may be making things worse. FWIIW this kind of crap was often used to give people something to do and distract them from real problems: most of the WW-2 "scrap" campaigns for the war effort were useless. FWIIW I'm pretty sure the insect apocalypse isn't happening in northern Spain. The last time I was driving around there, the number of bugs on my windshield reminded me of when I learned to drive in the 80s. It is anecdata, but it was striking enough to be worth looking into.