It's a bit warm/ wet/ cold outside

[shaolin_monkey]

Wasps and spiders. My two phobias. Oh, and wells. But there isn’t an uprising of wells, so I won’t worry about that one.


I’m not keen on locusts either. While there’s a massive insect drop-off overall, some places are producing conditions just perfect for pests:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/02/12/hundreds-billions-locusts-fueled-by-conflict-climate-change-are-swarming-east-africa/

[The Legendary Shark]

At least locusts are edible - they're even kosher!

[shaolin_monkey]

At least locusts are edible - they're even kosher!

Aye, just as well, 'cos it seem likely the crops in places like Ethiopia are going to take a massive hit.

[The Legendary Shark]

I know it's not much of a silver lining but it's there.

[IndigoPrime]

Although it turns out if you have a seafood allergy, you’re basically fucked when it comes to eating insects. So that’s me out when it comes to such nosh.

[Jim_Campbell]

Although it turns out if you have a seafood allergy, you’re basically fucked when it comes to eating insects. So that’s me out when it comes to such nosh.

Oh! What sort of seafood? I have an unpleasant but non-life-threatening one, but only (I think) to certain kinds of fish…

[The Legendary Shark]

People with shellfish allergies may be allergic to the chitin (the insect’s exoskeleton) since it is very similar to the chitin in crustaceans.

[JayzusB.Christ]

It does seem that it's time to bite the beetle and start looking into ways to make eating insects palatable and safe.  A friend of mine got dysentery after eating a fried cockroach in Asia, but it would seem that he was supposed to pick a small piece out instead of drunkenly stuffing the whole thing down his gob, legs stuck in his teeth and all.

[The Legendary Shark]

Justice Department Foodstuff A.

[Jim_Campbell]

People with shellfish allergies may be allergic to the chitin (the insect’s exoskeleton) since it is very similar to the chitin in crustaceans.

Aha. Ta, Shark. I wondered if that was the case but was too fuckin' lazy to google it.

[Hawkmumbler]

I must confess to being quiet fond of Locusts on the occasion I ate them. If you've ever eaten a King Prawn you've basically got the experience right there.

[shaolin_monkey]

I know it's not much of a silver lining but it's there.

Aye, some people might survive the famine.

[The Legendary Shark]

You're welcome, Jim.

[Gary James]

Aye, some people might survive the famine.

Living just long enough for the floods to get them.
Or fires raging uncontrollably across the landscape.
Or rapidly mutating viruses for which we have no cure.
Or meteors which our technology can't see coming yet.

Or being hit by the No.42 bus while nipping out to the newsagent for a Cornetto.

[shaolin_monkey]

Carbon Brief is doing a week-long series on tipping points. The intro article is well worth a read, as are many of the guest articles linked within:

https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-nine-tipping-points-that-could-be-triggered-by-climate-change?utm_source=web&utm_medium=referal&utm_campaign=TPContentBox