Get ready to eat bugs if you want to live beyond 2050

Get ready to eat bugs if you want to live beyond 2050

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possibly, yes. however, there are multiple constraints on human population growth other than famine. we certainly need to plan for addressing the need for food technologically, and step one is not being afraid of everything that is GMO.

truthatallcost said:

Every story I've seen about this subject says that bugs will replace beef and pork. Without the production of beef, you're not allowed to eat it, are you?

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You are mistaken.

Deuce said:

You are mistaken.

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Our largest pork supplier is owned by the Chinese, where American raised hogs fetch higher prices.



China also buys huge imports of fish, crustaceans, and mollusks, while inferior Chinese product is brought to America. I believe that the push for Americans to eat bugs probably has more to do with money, and preparing American consumers for an age where traditional sources of animal protein is simply out of reach. We've already accepted the idea of low quality goods from China replacing the high quality goods our ancestors enjoyed, many decades ago. Our pharmaceutical drugs are made in India, our clothes made in China. It's only a matter of time before our food supply comes from elsewhere too, and it's not going to be high quality.

Helix said:

possibly, yes. however, there are multiple constraints on human population growth other than famine. we certainly need to plan for addressing the need for food technologically, and step one is not being afraid of everything that is GMO.

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GMO foods aren't talked about much anymore since Monsanto was sold to a German company. All the hysteria over GMOs went away over night with that one deal. Perhaps the hysteria over cattle production is really an attempt to force a similar sell off?

truthatallcost said:

GMO foods aren't talked about much anymore since Monsanto was sold to a German company. All the hysteria over GMOs went away over night with that one deal. Perhaps the hysteria over cattle production is really an attempt to force a similar sell off?

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There's still plenty of GMO CT going on.

truthatallcost said:

Our largest pork supplier is owned by the Chinese, where American raised hogs fetch higher prices.

China also buys huge imports of fish, crustaceans, and mollusks, while inferior Chinese product is brought to America. I believe that the push for Americans to eat bugs probably has more to do with money, and preparing American consumers for an age where traditional sources of animal protein is simply out of reach. We've already accepted the idea of low quality goods from China replacing the high quality goods our ancestors enjoyed, many decades ago. Our pharmaceutical drugs are made in India, our clothes made in China. It's only a matter of time before our food supply comes from elsewhere too, and it's not going to be high quality.

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And yet, I can still buy pork.

Just because someone else outbids you doesn't mean you weren't allowed to buy the product.

truthatallcost said:

I keep seeing these types of stories in my Twitter feed, from various news outlets I follow. We must switch from the protein sources we're accustomed to, to bugs! One of the many joys of globalism- in a world with 10 billion people, we'll get to live like people in third world countries have always lived. That means beef and pork aren't accessible to commoners. Oh well, a steady diet of rice and bugs should do much to curb obesity problems, and lower incidents of diabetes. Maybe we'll grow to love these new protein substitutes.

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I've been ready to eat bugs since I was a small child.

To be fair, once bugs are ground up and processed, the ick factor is gone.
Also to be fair, lots of food is gross when you think about it.
But we don't.
And it's delicious.

truthatallcost said:

I keep seeing these types of stories in my Twitter feed, from various news outlets I follow. We must switch from the protein sources we're accustomed to, to bugs! One of the many joys of globalism- in a world with 10 billion people, we'll get to live like people in third world countries have always lived. That means beef and pork aren't accessible to commoners. Oh well, a steady diet of rice and bugs should do much to curb obesity problems, and lower incidents of diabetes. Maybe we'll grow to love these new protein substitutes.

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If I am still alive in 2050, I will be 97 years old. Not going to worry about it.:mrgreen:

truthatallcost said:

I keep seeing these types of stories in my Twitter feed, from various news outlets I follow. We must switch from the protein sources we're accustomed to, to bugs! One of the many joys of globalism- in a world with 10 billion people, we'll get to live like people in third world countries have always lived. That means beef and pork aren't accessible to commoners. Oh well, a steady diet of rice and bugs should do much to curb obesity problems, and lower incidents of diabetes. Maybe we'll grow to love these new protein substitutes.

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I suspect most people will discover the joys of vegetarian cooking and meat substitutes. Actually, some of the latter really aren't bad--just don't expect them to be exactly like meat, and instead just a something-or-other you're not used to, and you may find that many of them are pretty tasty. Some, of course, are also garbage.

As you say, it'll definitely have a positive impact on everyone's health.

ashurbanipal said:

I suspect most people will discover the joys of vegetarian cooking and meat substitutes. Actually, some of the latter really aren't bad--just don't expect them to be exactly like meat, and instead just a something-or-other you're not used to, and you may find that many of them are pretty tasty. Some, of course, are also garbage.

As you say, it'll definitely have a positive impact on everyone's health.

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What I don't like is the implications of forcing this onto others. But since I created the op, we're now dealing with meat shortages in some areas, and price hikes for meat. Lets hope the Asian murder hornets are delicious as delicious as they are murderous :lamo

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I read that Bill Gates, with his inexhaustible reserve of money, is the biggest funder of the meat substitute movement. He can pay for all these studies, which are then written about with articles that are paid for, and it seems totally organic, but in reality he's funding the majority of the push to munch bugs.