newscientist.com - 20 days ago
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New Scientist: SHOULD owning a great dane make you as much of an eco-outcast as an SUV driver? Yes it should, say Robert and Brenda Vale, two architects who specialise in sustainable living at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. In their new book, Time to Eat the Dog: The real ...
mnn.com - 27 days ago
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mnn.com —
What's worse...having a dog or driving an SUV?
The answer might surprise you. Robert and Brenda...
Vale, two architects who specialize in sustainable living recently took a look at the comparative eco-impact of pet ownership and other ...
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Fido and Fluffy and the Meat Conundrum
Casaubon's Book —
... The second was an article in New Scientist that argues that the environmental impact of Pets is vastly higher than most people credit, in large part because the animals eat so much meat. It take 1 1/2 New Zealands, in terms of land use, to produce the meat eaten by only the cats in the US. ...
Time To Eat The Dog?
Do The Green Thing: Stories, videos, and more —
Controversial article from New Scientist about the carbon footprint of pets like dogs and cats vs. SUVs and medium sized cars.
It's a great info-graphic, but the calcs seem a little suspect - e.g. v. low mileage assumed for the cars and same footprint for fresh food assumed for pet food which is often made from human food byproducts, etc.
Makes a damn good headline though and certainly makes you think.
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