{"id":365571,"date":"2025-02-10T08:34:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T07:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=365571"},"modified":"2025-02-10T08:34:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T07:34:36","slug":"the-great-climate-fear-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=365571","title":{"rendered":"The Great Climate Fear Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"365573\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=365573\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Screenshot-2025-02-07-205947.jpeg?fit=1435%2C809&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1435,809\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot-2025-02-07-205947\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Screenshot-2025-02-07-205947.jpeg?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Screenshot-2025-02-07-205947.jpeg?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Screenshot-2025-02-07-205947.jpeg?resize=1024%2C577&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Screenshot-2025-02-07-205947.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Screenshot-2025-02-07-205947.jpeg?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Screenshot-2025-02-07-205947.jpeg?resize=1200%2C677&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Screenshot-2025-02-07-205947.jpeg?w=1435&amp;ssl=1 1435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/dailysceptic.org\/2025\/02\/08\/the-great-climate-fear-factory\/#comments\">The Daily Sceptic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailysceptic.org\/author\/laura-j-dodsworth\/\">Laura Dodsworth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you found a worm in your sliced bread you would be horrified. You would probably share photos and outrage on social media and return the loaf to the shop you bought it from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consider then that mealworm powder has just been approved by the European Union as a novel food ingredient and is now legally allowed to constitute up to 4% of food products like bread, biscuits, cakes, cheese, pasta and potato-based snacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But why mealworms? Why bread? And why now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mealworms, the larvae of darkling beetles, are presented as an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional livestock, as they are said to have a lower carbon footprint and require fewer resources to farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem is we don\u2019t want to eat bugs and creepy crawlies. It\u2019s fair to say that despite the almost total lack of demand, supranational organisations like the United Nations, and entities such as the World Economic Forum, along with celebrities and TV cookery programmes, have all jumped on the insect bandwagon, hailing them as the future of food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Mandible in the Door<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a 2022 study entitled \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/fsn3.2716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Consumers\u2019 acceptance of the first novel insect food approved in the European Union: Predictors of yellow mealworm chips consumption<\/a>\u2019 says, most European consumers \u201creact with disgust\u201d to insect-based food. This is apparently our fault for having \u201cneophobia\u201d (fear of the new), rather than being justifiably ill-disposed to eating things which squirm through waste, effluence and rotting bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Patrick Fagan and I wrote in&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Free-Your-Mind-must-read-techniques\/dp\/0008600856\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Free Your Mind<\/a><\/em>, the push for \u2018edible insects\u2019 is a prime example of nudging and psychological manipulation. Since we won\u2019t make the \u2018right\u2019 choice by ourselves, we must be sneakily influenced, incentivised, tricked and manipulated to be sensible little serfs and eat bugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Breads, pasta and snacks are well-liked, common and tasty foods, and so are the ideal place to hide a few insects, or at least their powdered forms. As the study says, \u201cthe inclusion of insects as ingredients in familiar and appreciated foods such as cookies and chips with preferred flavours can be another step toward their acceptance\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then there is the selection of the mealworm as ingredient. I challenge you to salivate and smack your lips at this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"365574\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=365574\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-131.png?fit=5240%2C3493&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5240,3493\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-131.png?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-131.png?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-131.png?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-131.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-131.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-131.png?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-131.png?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-131.png?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-131.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-131.png?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet, consider the name. The insects currently on offer as novel foods tend to have some connection to food terminology, where mealworms remind us of meals and crickets are phonetically similar to chicken. Both are less offensive than some of their insect-world competitors. The propagandists don\u2019t try to get us to eat cockroaches, spiders or wasps, though all three are equally as fit (or not) for consumption as crickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite this, mealworms and crickets don\u2019t yet fit into our cultural nutritional lexicon. Grinding their bones, or lack thereof, and making our bread with them is one way to disguise them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another is to take tiny insect-sized steps, one at a time, and hope we don\u2019t notice the revolting ruse. It\u2019s here that the foot in the door \u2014 or rather the mandible in the door \u2014 technique comes into play. We are to be gradually accustomed to the idea of eating creepy crawlies by way of slow, subtle increments. 4% worm flour? You might just about risk it for a triple chocolate chip cookie. And from there to 8%. Then 20%. And on and on, until one day your favourite cookies are replaced in the supermarket aisle with a bag of mealworm crisps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, that\u2019s the idea. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to take off. And I\u2019m not alone. Italian politicians were vocally opposed to the vote in the European Parliament. One described the move as \u201can affront to the farmers and food traditions of our countries\u201d and another asked, \u201cDoes the EU want insects on the table? Let them eat them.\u201d Quite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The media are complicit in this push. From BBC articles about the \u2018health benefits\u2019 of cockroach milk to TV chefs endorsing cricket&nbsp;<em>goug\u00e8res&nbsp;<\/em>on popular shows like&nbsp;<em>The Great British Bake Off<\/em>, the mainstream narrative is being carefully controlled. Articles, press releases and research studies about the environmental benefits of eating insects flood our feeds, nudging us toward an acceptance we\u2019re not entirely comfortable with. The more we\u2019re exposed to the idea, the more likely we are to accept it as a fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This isn\u2019t just about getting us to eat insects today. It\u2019s about changing the long-term habits of future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take the example of children being targeted by \u2018workshops\u2019 in Wales, where they are taught about the environmental benefits of \u2018alternative proteins\u2019 such as insects. Children, we are told, are more open-minded, and by changing their attitudes early, we can influence the food choices they make as adults. It\u2019s the ultimate form of behavioural engineering and I don\u2019t think this what any of us send our kids to school for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Manipulating Children to Reshape Society<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And this brings me to another recent news story about \u2018environmentalism\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The manipulation of children doesn\u2019t stop at food. It extends to the wider climate narrative, where young minds are relentlessly bombarded with a terrifying message: the planet is dying, and it\u2019s their responsibility to fix it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new survey commissioned by Greenpeace has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2025\/02\/03\/children-gripped-by-climate-change-anxiety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revealed<\/a>&nbsp;that 78% of children under the age of 12 are now \u2018worried\u2019 about climate change. Well, why wouldn\u2019t they be? The media bang on about climate disaster non-stop and \u2018the environment\u2019 is embedded throughout the curriculum. Extinction Rebellion has put out unconscionably daft videos like \u2018Advice to Young People as They Face Annihilation\u2019. Soap opera storylines are purposefully threaded with eco-panic. And today\u2019s doom-laden headline, courtesy of Sky News: \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/dangerous-climate-breakdown-warning-as-hottest-january-on-record-shocks-scientists-13303929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dangerous climate breakdown warning as hottest January on record shocks scientists<\/a>.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there might be another reason that children appear to be scared \u2014 this particular survey was funded by Greenpeace, an organisation with a vested interest in stoking the flames of climate anxiety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Sir Humphrey Appleby so deftly demonstrated in&nbsp;<em>Yes, Minister<\/em>, surveys can be crafted to produce the results you want. When organisations like Greenpeace commission surveys that focus on fear-inducing questions about the future of the planet, you have to ask how accurate a representation of children\u2019s concerns they are really seeking. Are they in fact pushing an agenda that plays on fear, uncertainty and guilt? Is it because they want these children to grow up believing they are directly responsible for solving an existential crisis they can\u2019t even fully comprehend? In other words, is a survey about fear seeking to manufacture fear?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is nothing new. In my 2022&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreemind.co.uk\/p\/little-climate-foot-soldiers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a>&nbsp;<em>Little Climate Foot Soldiers<\/em>, I highlighted how surveys into children\u2019s climate anxiety are often skewed to amplify young people\u2019s emotional distress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This brings us back to the study \u2018Young People\u2019s Voices on Climate Anxiety, Government Betrayal and Moral Injury: A Global Phenomenon\u2019. It was conducted by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cast.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CAST<\/a>, the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations. Although it purports that young people are very frightened about climate change, the research only sought agreement with very negative statements such as \u201cthe future is frightening\u201d and \u201chumanity is doomed\u201d. Respondents were not asked to agree with any neutral or positive statements. If they weren\u2019t frightened about a perilous future at the start of the survey, they probably were by the end.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you push children into a state of panic, it\u2019s no surprise that they\u2019re \u2018worried\u2019 about climate change. This is a grotesque inversion of the adult-child relationship. Children\u2019s psychological and emotional well-being is sacrificed to serve the aims of ill-informed and exploitative adults. The climate cult is psychopathic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This manufactured fear is then used to justify ever more radical climate interventions, from accepting economic decline and restrictions on our lifestyle to carbon taxes and, yes, eating insects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s like a sick dog eating its own tail: the fear is created, the fear is polled, and the fear is then used to justify even more fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The war for our dinner plate and the war on our children\u2019s minds are one and the same. From mealworm powder in bread to indoctrinating and terrifying children, we are witnessing a full-scale assault on our choices, our culture, and our future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This isn\u2019t just about what\u2019s on the menu, it\u2019s about who\u2019s doing the ordering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This article was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreemind.co.uk\/p\/from-bugs-in-bread-to-brainwashing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first published<\/a>&nbsp;on Laura\u2019s Substack, the&nbsp;<\/em>Free Mind<em>. Subscribe&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/@lauradodsworth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you found a worm in your sliced bread you would be horrified. You would probably share photos and outrage on social media and return the loaf to the shop you bought it from.<br \/>\nConsider then that mealworm powder has just been approved by the European Union as a novel food ingredient and is now legally allowed to constitute up to 4% of food products like bread, biscuits, cakes, cheese, pasta and potato-based snacks.<br \/>\nBut why mealworms? Why bread? 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