Dogs the Big Polluters
I find this quote interesting: "Our animals give us so much that I don't feel like a polluter at all."I think the love we have for our animals and what they contribute to our lives outweighs the environmental considerations."
It's from an article talking about the carbon footprint of pets. Since they eat meat, and processed foods, a medium sized dog produces twice the average carbon footprint of an SUV.
I find that quote interesting because that's exactly what someone in an SUV says: it gives me joy. They say its not a good enough excuse until it's their pet in question not someone else's vehicle.
Here is the thing: everything eats, including our machines which eat up electricity and fuel. Everything produces some amount of a carbon footprint and the only way to get it down to zero is to die.
The carbon footprint isn't the best way to measure things, rather it is one means to gauge how things are equating. And it isn't the pets so much as the over population of pets (especially those in shelters) and the inefficient way their food is produced. Change those two things and perhaps the carbon foot print would be less because my little cat isn't going to eat any less.
