Save the Planet. Eat a Bug.

In the swirl of activities around the holidays, you may have missed the groundbreaking research article written by environmental scientists in the Netherlands. However, if the suggestions made in that article catch on -- or, more likely, if the "green" policies of a domineering government employ them -- the menu of your future Christmas dinners may be radically different.

For the article boldly insists that cows present "one of the biggest problems society is currently facing." That's because 1) greenhouse gas production cause climate change and 2) livestock (particularly cattle) is one of the large contributors of anthropogenic GHG emissions and 3) livestock contributes in other ways to...well, "soiling" the soil.

But the scientists then give us the good news. They believe that worms and other insects do not produce as much GHG emissions but they do offer plenty of the protein needed for the human diet.

So ditch the roast beef and ham on Christmas and substitute (as the scientists sugest) larval stage mealworms, house crickets, migratory locusts, sun beetles and a mix of all stages of the Argentinean cockroach.

Think I'm kidding? I'm not. The article is entitled "An Exploration on Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Production by Insect Species Suitable for Animal or Human Consumption." It was published after extensive experimentation by researchers from the Netherlands' Wageningen University. And given the scientists belief in the apocalyptic dangers of greenhouse gas emissions to the planet, they most seriously urge that people start eating a lot more protein-rich and eco-friendly bugs.

This is modern environmental science, kids -- making life more austere and brutish by the day.