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December 12, 2018I won’t say that CNN is going full PETA, because something tells me PETA activists would also have a problem with someone eating bug burgers.
Back to that in a second.
CNN has an article out about “flexitarians,” which are “people who are trying to incorporate more plants into their diet and less meat” for whatever reason. It could be health-related, but it could also be because they know they have to eat less meat in order to save the planet.
Of course they went there. Of course. CNN cites the latest UN climate change deadline. We have 12 years to, uh, stop global warming or something. And obviously, there’s a clear path to do that. Eat less meat!
In October, a landmark report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that we have 12 years to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels, or we will face devastating consequences.
The target is feasible, it says, but only with “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society.” This includes a global dietary shift away from greenhouse-gas-intensive foods such as beef and toward healthier and more sustainable diets.
CNN is here to help! They provided a guide to help you find alternatives to beef. Most of their suggestions are lame. They say we should substitute some of our burger meat with mushrooms, eat a different kind of meat on a burger (which totally kills the point of eating a burger), use “artificial meat” or eat a meatless burger, which might be the saddest thing I’ve ever heard.
Sometimes, I get an EXTRA meaty burger and ditch my bread. I guess I’m contributing to global warming more than the average person. Oh well.
One of CNN’s last suggestions is off the charts weird, though.
Bug burgers.
If you’re after a novel way to cut down on beef consumption, this may be it.
Six-legged creatures already supplement the diets of 2 billion people in the world, predominantly in Asia, Africa and Latin America. But the trend is starting to creep into Western cuisine, with some restaurants offering insect-based menus and some mainstream European supermarkets starting to sell edible insect snacks or bug burgers.
If people in those poorer countries had the choice, I’m SURE they would choose a juicy steak burger over a cricket on a stick. For Pete’s sake, DO NOT MAKE BUG BURGERS A HIPSTER TREND.
“If you compare insects with beef, for the same amount of protein, you need roughly 1,000 times less water, 10 times less feed and you emit up to 100 times less greenhouse gases,” said Baris Özel, co-founder of Bug Foundation.
Springmann, who has carried out research on insects as an alternative to meat, agrees on the environmental benefits, but he is skeptical of the cost. “In high-income countries, insects are actually fairly expensive because they are such a niche product,” he said.
Notice that they’re not talking about the most important thing: THE TASTE.
But there you have it. CNN thinks it might be a good idea to start eating bug burgers in order to save the planet.
That’s it. I’m eating the beefiest burger ever tonight. With bacon jam. Oh yeah.
h/t CNN
