Insects on the brink

[glasshouse]

that's true but its no where near as big an issue or contribution factor too the impact of global food production vs damage to the environment

I disagree
The greatest danger to the environment is urbanisation

 

[Clive]

I disagree
The greatest danger to the environment is urbanisation

you don't know a lot about palm oil production then ?

lets not even start to consider Co2 ?

I think a bit of building is a fair way down the list personally

 

[topground]

How did limestone and sandstone deposits happen without soil erosion?
How did the fertile deltas throughout the world happen without soil erosion ? Do the researchers commg up,with these new scares provide answers to these questions?

 

[Clive]

How did limestone and sandstone deposits happen without soil erosion?
How did the fertile deltas throughout the world happen without soil erosion ? Do the researchers commg up,with these new scares provide answers to these questions?

i not sure the past evolution of our planet is a good plan for the future - I'm not sure we would do well in a full on ice age

Fact is its fragile - there seems little doubt that mankind is having a adverse impact and if we keep taking the pee then it might just loose the ability to support human life in the future............... I think we would all accept that's not good !


The impact we have made and continue to make while producing food from the way its grown to the way its packaged even is a part of that problem - there really is little point pretending its not


BUT people have got to eat, so the unavoidable damage has to be weighed up against that and as we learn more it's the responsibility of every human on the planet to minimize our impact

Pretending that global agriculture is good for the environment is nonsense no matter how much we might not like that fact I'm afraid

 

[2wheels]

imho the main reason windscreens do not have insects on them is that cars are much more aero dynamic and the insects just slip by without getting splated

collect plenty on the motorbike.

 

[Wilkster]

Our farm is pretty much as it was when the estate was sold off in the 1920s - 5 to 20 acres fields, a mix of permanent pasture and arable with hedges on most field boundaries.
The 180 acres next door (arable, wheat/OSR) barely has a hedge around the perimeter. Now that might be more “efficient” but it’s hardly good for wildlife. No doubt when these new schemes come in they’ll be the ones who get a load of money chucked their way yet the likes of us, who’ve maintained our hedges and proper rotations, will get sweet FA...