Posted on 12/05/2007 7:04:29 PM PST by InvisibleChurch
Divorce exacts a serious toll on the environment by boosting the energy and water consumption of those who used to live together, according an article published in the National Academy of Sciences by Jianguo Liu and Eunice Yu, both Michigan State University researchers.
Other findings:
In 2005, divorced American households used between 42 and 61 percent more resources per person than before they separated, spending 46 percent more per person on electricity and 56 percent more on water. If the divorced couples had stayed together in 2005, the United States would have saved 73 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity and 627 billion gallons of water in that year alone. Moreover, the divorced households they surveyed used up more space, occupying between 33 and 95 percent more rooms per person than in married households. "Hopefully this will inform people about the environmental impact of divorce," Liu says. "For a long time we've blamed industries for environmental problems. One thing we've ignored is the household."
But actually doing something about the problem is different. Lester Brown, president of the D.C.-based Earth Policy Institute, said the study's finding made sense, but it is hard to craft public policies to address the problem of the increasing number of households in the United States and elsewhere. He noted that in many countries, such as Japan, women are choosing to marry later or not marry at all, which also expands the number of people living alone.
Source: Juliet Eilperin, "Divorce Found to Harm The Environment With Higher Energy, Water Use," Washington Post, December 4, 2007.
For text:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/03/AR2007120301797.html?wpisrc=newsletter
For more on Energy and the Environment:
http://eteam.ncpa.org/issues/?c=energy-and-the-environment
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http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_Category=22
Live in sin, it’s good for the environment.
Just Damn!
Is there ANYTHING that doesn’t have an adverse affect on global warming?
These stories are getting so silly that we’re getting into the realm of self-parody.
Just wait. Someone will come on here and say this is more proof how bad divorce is. And it will likely be someone who has posted how much bunk global warming is.
Thought they were gonna say that one of the partners in every married couple nags, “when not in use, turn off the juice”. After the divorce, the partner that was nagged uses three times the energy they did while married.
I laugh every time I see it. (on my home page) :o)
So, if a male and female live together without marriage and then separate then NO HARM TO THE ENVIRONMENT...got it!
i know. ;) i stole it from your webpage. its really funny!
No paperwork=no trees being cut down. Get with it.
Someone will come on here and say this is more proof how bad divorce is.
More proof,,don’t know,,I know I had no one to split firewood,had to eat crow,,problem solved,,,saved the world..!!,,,(can’ have two sweatin’,breathin’ hard,drinkin’ more water,ect...)
Damn.............there goes my carbon footprint........
that skit and lazy sunday are two of my favorites. Go to youtube if you havent seen the original Lazy Sunday.
God, I am really trying hard to understand what you wrote. I really am.
"this is henry gibson saying, give generously when death knocks at your door."
bump for later
Read your tagline,,it fits..And I’m not God
(God, I am really trying hard to understand what you wrote. I really am.)
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