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Now Our Dogs Are Destroying the Planet
« on: November 20, 2014, 01:40:01 PM »
Forget your SUV, now your dog is an environmental villain.

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http://www.salon.com/2014/11/20/the_surprisingly_large_carbon_paw_print_of_your_beloved_pet_partner/
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Re: Now Our Dogs Are Destroying the Planet
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2014, 02:35:33 PM »
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The average carbon paw print of our dog or cat is higher than an average human from countries like Haiti or Afghanistan.
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And this gives away the game.   This is how they want "us" to live.   If they could just get us to live in tiny houses and only ride the bus:

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Robert Vale, co-author with Brenda Vale of Time to Eat the Dog? The Real Guide to Sustainable Living, writes that, “it’s not really going to be that much of a problem if you have a big dog but also take the bus everywhere, never fly and live in a small home. It’s when everyone starts to have a big car, big house, big family and a big dog that the problems start.”

See, it's you damn, dirty, greedy capitalists that are the problem.  If we had Stack-A-Prole housing like the Soviets tried, we could all be enviro-greenies.   I mean look at how green and pure North Korea is.  That's the example we should strive toward.

You know what might work?  If only nature had a way to process and re-use all this waste.   Then it wouldn't be building up and building up.  You know that's what did in the Dinosaurs.  They drowned in their own poop.  They just kept eating and pooping; and eating and pooping, until it was over their heads and they couldn't breathe and they all died.  

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Re: Now Our Dogs Are Destroying the Planet
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2014, 02:54:03 PM »
I remember a similar article from the early 2000's.
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Re: Now Our Dogs Are Destroying the Planet
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2014, 03:47:08 PM »
I wonder what the carbon footprint is of global warming/carbon emissions researchers?  Dogs have some usefulness and are good companions. 
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Re: Now Our Dogs Are Destroying the Planet
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2014, 04:22:58 PM »
If they could just get us to live in tiny houses and only ride the bus:

But I do live in a tiny house.  I just need to figure out the right forge to build in the garage: I need one that burns happiness and emits CO and CFCs by the kiloton.

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Re: Now Our Dogs Are Destroying the Planet
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2014, 04:47:17 PM »
I wonder what the carbon footprint is of global warming/carbon emissions researchers?  Dogs have some usefulness and are good companions. 
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Re: Now Our Dogs Are Destroying the Planet
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2014, 06:05:06 PM »
And this is why PETA is kidnapping and killing pets. To stop the global warming!

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Re: Now Our Dogs Are Destroying the Planet
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2014, 06:07:22 PM »
Dang, can't think of a good pooper scooper joke.

Rats.

Well, maybe after my nap.  We'll see.

This'll have to do for now:

http://www.hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-news/international-pooper-scooper-week-is-no-joke-24054
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