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As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world. About 1C of total warming. Second chart: about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability. Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases. About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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Farming insects mostly replaces already low-impact plant ingredients, not high-emission animal products. Farming insects is “Not Recommended” as an effective climate solution. (drawdown.org)
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[–] leriotdelac@lemmy.zip 2 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

They are popular in China (along with fried bees) with ketchup as a side dish instead of fries.

Kinda works this way, but I'm not sure it could replace meat or soy-based products.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 11 hours ago

There is a baseball stadium here in the US where the most pop food sold was sour cream and onion flavor crickets. Kinda wanted to try that out since hearing about it.

[–] Mavvik@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Do you know what fried bees taste like? I imagine they have a more interesting taste if theyre consuming nectar and honey.

[–] leriotdelac@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 hours ago

Um, I spent half a year in China. Bees tasted like something deep fried. The texture was nice, but the taste wasn't memorable.