Reduce Your Carbon Footprint — Eat Your Dog

October 21, 2009Contrarian 1 Comment »

Some greenie true believers in New Zealand have proposed a new method of reducing your “carbon footprint” — eat your dog.

And your cat, too.

They calculate that feeding your spaniel requires 0.84 hectares (about 2 acres) of land annually. By comparison, sufficient biofuel to build and drive your Land Cruiser 6200 miles could be produced on only 0.41 hectare.  Your cat’s carbon footprint is about the same as a Volkswagen Golf’s.

“Professor Vale says the title of the book is meant to shock, but the couple, who do not have a cat or dog, believe the reintroduction of non-carnivorous pets into urban areas would help slow down global warming.”

Full story here.

Hmm. If I ate Grandma, could I maybe keep my Winnebago?

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  • The Chairman of my own Self Says:
    Posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 8:03 pm

    I love using these arguments on greenies. I say “Oh you have kids? Not very eco-friendly.” Then after some bs excuse I get to say “Hey you’re the one who brought it up!”