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Eco-madness and cannibalism: We should eat each other to protect the climate

By Jetzt Ànhoren

Human flesh instead of beef? According to some scientists, cannibalism could serve as a supplement to our food supply. This would help protect the climate, they claim. However, no people should be killed, rather the dead should be eaten.

Due to climate change, according to some scientists, the global food supply is on the verge of a catastrophe, leading some experts to propose that mankind look for alternatives to traditional food sources. Most of the time, they mean things like vegetable proteins or laboratory-grown meat. Others even suggest eating insects. But a Swedish scientist has a proposal that even makes cockroaches sound appetizing: cannibalism, says Kristin Houser in an article on “futurism.com”.

During the Swedish Gastro Summit 2019, Magnus Söderlund, professor at the Stockholm School of Economics, gave a talk entitled “Can you imagine eating human meat?”. Söderlund noted that climate change will force people to try foods they wouldn’t think of right now, including pets, insects and – perhaps the most taboo meat of all – human meat.

Houser comments: “Fortunately, Söderlund is not trying to encourage people to kill each other. He just suggests that we eat meat from people who are already dead. Yum – old people’s meat! The scientist also does not ask others to do something that he himself would not do. When Sweden’s TV4 asked Söderlund whether he would eat human meat himself, he replied that he was open to at least trying it ‘.”

The “Business Insider” reports: “The idea of ​​using cannibalism to supplement our food supply is not new. In 2018, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins wondered if it would be possible to grow meat from harvested human cells in a laboratory (…) For Dawkins and Söderlund, cannibalism could be a way of preparing for a future in which stocks of unity important staple foods are wiped out. As climate-related disasters such as floods, droughts and extreme heat become more common and extreme, it will be more difficult for agricultural producers to grow crops. ”

Political analyst David Flemming from the Ethan Allen Institute criticizes Söderlund’s approach in an article entitled “Cannibalism and Climate Disaster”.

The “Pacific Island Times” draws a controversial historical connection between climate change and the emergence of cannibalism: “Long before climate change became an integral part of global conferences, the settlers of the Pacific islands had the terrible consequences of the extreme rise and fall in temperature before contact experienced – and died from it. Climate change led to food shortages, which sparked conflicts between the villages and led to the unthinkable: the rise of cannibalism (…) The food shortage led to increasing conflicts, the emergence of cannibalism (…) and forced migration. Around 4,000 to 6,000 settlers packed their belongings and moved. ”

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