Some of you may want to send your own postcard to let your senator know there's a different point of view. The address for all 100 of them is simply U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510. According to the article, research by entomologist Peter McEwen of the University of Wales claims that Britain faces an explosion of everything from cockroaches to clickbeetles, craneflies to centipedes because of global warming. The article then lists a half-dozen bugs that have turned up in Britain from other ports of call in recent years. Frankly, we think we would all be better off if we'd just overcome our squeamishness and eat the darn things.
Insects are nutritious.
They're high fibre. And if we really put our minds to it, we could probably find a whole host of alternative uses. Dry them, crunch them up like corn flakes, and use them for home insulation, for example. Or turn them into plastic. After all, as Professor McEwen informs us, it's them or us.