So the people over at Time Magazine just came out with another of their "Green" promotional stories. It's written by Bryan Walsh and it's called "Eating Bugs." Why you ask? They explain why - "A great way to save the planet may be to stop eating beef and munch on crickets instead." You hear that? It's not pretentious of them to tell us this, is it? I mean, shouldn't you be able to eat the sort of food you like and avoid crunching on the food of third world countries? Not according to Time - "Afraid of Insects? Get over it. Bugs are surprisingly nutritious — and far better for the environment than traditional sources of protein."
Why should we start eating insects? Walsh explains how raising mammals to eat wastes more of the earth's resources.
"For instance, it takes far less water to raise a third of a pound (150 g) of grasshoppers than the staggering 869 gal. (3,290 L) needed to produce the same amount of beef. Since bugs are cold-blooded invertebrates, more of what they consume goes to building edible body parts, whereas pigs and other warm-blooded vertebrates need to consume a lot of calories just to keep their body temperature steady. There's even a formula, called the efficiency of conversion of ingested food to body substance (ECI), that can be used to compare the weight different animals gain after eating a certain quantity of feed. Beef cattle have an ECI of 10. Silkworms range from 19 to 31. German cockroaches max out at 44."
So, in the environmentalist Time Magazine world, steakhouses will be out. Better start cooking up those grasshoppers, worms and cockroaches instead. But we have a problem. Stupid Americans are too prejudiced against a bug diet. Walsh goes into this further -
"Gordon swears by his white chocolate and waxworm cookies - but Americans first need to overcome the 'eww' factor. We think bugs are dirty, disease-laden or otherwise dangerous to eat - though they're not, as long as you cook them properly, are not allergic to shellfish (which, like insects, are arthropods) and aren't collecting bugs from fields that have been hit with pesticides. We're revolted by their alien appearance, but then again, lobster could hardly be described as cute and cuddly."
You get that? And, this is a serious article. They are not joking. Give 'em a year or two and they'll start coming up with some way to make some regulations to control American diets. Walsh already imagines human destruction of the planet forcing us to eat bugs.
"There's also the possibility that someday the exploding global population and the damage of climate change could bring about the collapse of our resource-intensive food supply. 'At that point,' notes Gracer, 'insects could become a pretty attractive option.'"
The good people at Time Magazine even have a video you're supposed to watch instructing on "How To Eat A Bug."
Time Magazine - Eating Bugs
I just don't know what to do with stories like this. Boggles the mind. What I do love, however, is when guys like Rush Limbaugh hear about these stories. Limbaugh probably almost had a heart-attack just reading this. So even he was incredulous when trying to explain it on his show.
"Now, the reason, ladies and gentlemen, is because if we start eating insects, we eat less beef, which will help carbon emissions, will help global warming. Eating bugs, a great way to save the planet. They do! They show you how to cook beetles, grasshoppers, silkworms, and centipedes out there. I mean, is that not absurd? It's a great source of vitamin A and other nutrients say these idiots. But one of those commenting at TIME.com says, 'Well, aren't we going to be using energy to cook the insects? Why not just eat them raw?' It just gets more and more and more absurd."
Yes, it sure does.
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