By John Stossel For Fox Business
Environmentalists constantly tell us we must do more to reduce our “carbon footprint.†If we won’t do it voluntarily, they want government to force us. Hence the ban on incandescent bulbs, car fuel economy rules, etc.
Next up on that list? It could be limits of what kinds of pets you may own. Or maybe new requirements as to what you must do with your pet when he dies. CNBC reports that two New Zealand-based professors, Robert and Brenda Vale, published a study that shows that owning a medium-sized dog has the same ecological impact as driving 6,000 miles a year in a 4.6-liter-engine SUV.
Don’t worry, though. They aren’t going to come after Lassie just yet. They say they don’t want to ban dogs or limit what types you can own. Instead, the authors recommend this:
et animals may be usefully “recycled”, by being eaten by their owners or turned into pet food when they die…
“Issues about sustainability are increasingly becoming things that are going to require us to make choices which are as difficult as eating your dog. It’s not just about changing your light bulbs or taking a cloth bag to the supermarket,” said…
Save the planet. Eat your dog. Give me a Break.
Would they eat their own baby!?
This flippin' government needs to get a grip! First off there isn't any 'global warming' that's hogwash. Carbon footprints???? More BS to control the masses…. and there is NO WAY I'm giving up my light bulbs for those flourescent ones filled with mercury!!!!
OK when I bury my pets they return to the earth, that has to count TOWARD reducing the carbon footprint. I am not eating them or turning them into dog food-Uhgggg
Why stop there? We could do the same thing with our dead relatives.
They should make a movie about that. Hey! Wait a minute! They did….Soylent Green you crazy New Zealand whacko's.
These two brainiacs need to leave the lab & the classroom now & then so they can reconnect with their obviously lost humanity.
At my house, dogs are family & we DEFINATELY don't eat family!
Would they eat their own baby!?
I would eat my dogs if my human family was starving and there was nothing else-my dogs would not want us to starve. My dogs are part of my family but my children are more important than any dog.
This flippin' government needs to get a grip! First off there isn't any 'global warming' that's hogwash. Carbon footprints???? More BS to control the masses…. and there is NO WAY I'm giving up my light bulbs for those flourescent ones filled with mercury!!!!
OK when I bury my pets they return to the earth, that has to count TOWARD reducing the carbon footprint. I am not eating them or turning them into dog food-Uhgggg
Why stop there? We could do the same thing with our dead relatives.
They should make a movie about that. Hey! Wait a minute! They did….Soylent Green you crazy New Zealand whacko's.
These two brainiacs need to leave the lab & the classroom now & then so they can reconnect with their obviously lost humanity.
At my house, dogs are family & we DEFINATELY don't eat family!