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How your pet is killing the planet (Enviro-nuts say dog = SUV)
Salon ^
| 10/26/09
| Andrew Leonard
Posted on 10/26/2009 8:51:16 AM PDT by Callahan
New book -- "Time to Eat the Dog" -- claims golden retrievers have the same carbon footprint as SUVs
As provocative titles go, "Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living," is a doozy, guaranteed to ensure outrage and oodles of provocative blog post headlines. As summarized in The Telegraph, New Zealand-based authors Robert and Brenda Vale have calculated the carbon footprint of pet-ownership and arrived at some disturbing conclusions.
A medium-sized dog has the same impact as a Toyota Land Cruiser driven 6,000 miles a year, while a cat is equivalent to a Volkswagen Golf....
[The authors] base their findings on the amount of land needed to grow food for pets ranging from budgerigars to cats and dogs.
They say an average Collie eats 164kg of meat and 95kg of cereals a year, giving it a high impact on the planet.
(Excerpt) Read more at salon.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: eco; enviromentalism; green; kittyping; pets
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To: Callahan
Time to just start eating liberals.
I’m sure with enough barBQ sauce or tabasco you could make the mangy curs palatable.
To: Lady Jag
Well, I just finished a cedar picket fence for my pup, and they can take a leap off the tallest building around.
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10/26/2009 2:53:41 PM PDT
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Arrowhead1952
(Jimmy Carter - now the second worst POTUS ever. BHO [the LIAR] has #1 spot in his sights.)
To: TheMom
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posted on
10/26/2009 4:02:59 PM PDT
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Allegra
(It doesn't matter what this tagline says...the liberals are going to call it "racist.")
To: Malone LaVeigh
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posted on
10/26/2009 6:20:16 PM PDT
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Salamander
(I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.....)
To: Double Tap
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posted on
10/26/2009 6:21:54 PM PDT
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Salamander
(I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.....)
To: Judith Anne
My dog has the same carbon footprint as an 18 wheel semi, minimum.Mine eats about 2 pounds of chicken and 4 cups of dry dog food a day. His carbon footprint must be the size of a small 3rd world nation.
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posted on
10/26/2009 6:31:30 PM PDT
by
murphE
("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." - GK Chesterton)
To: murphE
Sweet looking pup, murph. Yeah, they do eat a lot...sometimes I nuke a frozen dinner for mine, for a snack.
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10/26/2009 7:45:43 PM PDT
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Judith Anne
(Drill in the USA and offshore USA!! Drill NOW and build more refineries!!!! Defund the EPA!)
To: Malone LaVeigh
"Close ... China." Bejing?
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10/27/2009 1:52:14 AM PDT
by
oprahstheantichrist
(The MSM is a demonic stronghold, PLEASE pray accordingly - 2 Corinthians 10:3-5)
To: shibumi
I feed my dog Enviro-Nuts.
Crunchy, beefy flavored, full of protein Enviro-Nuts. I would have figured those tasted like pussycat: Minus the "cat" part...
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10/27/2009 8:48:09 AM PDT
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Titan Magroyne
(Freedom is taken, not given.)
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