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Eating the bugs? (m.youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Honestly I haven't tried it but I wouldn't mind certain things containing bug parts (on purpose) to make up for protein in them. And honestly that crunch sounds quite good.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It has one of the same inherent inefficiencies as animal meat: they need to eat something to grow. Therefore we need to use a lot of resources to produce a lot of food for them to eat, before we can eat them.

It always seems much more efficient to use those resources to grow food for us to eat directly. Also, getting Americans to eat a vegetable is slightly easier than getting them to eat a bug.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you don't use pesticide (as we should, it's poisoning the air and the water), bugs will come whether you want it or not. You probably won't be able to make an industry out of it, but I don't think that's the point we're advocating for either.

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