An online article by NewScientist.com offers a rather bizarre twist on the concept of our ecological footprint. Apparently, gas guzzling transportation vehicles are not putting the planet in jeopardy. Instead, it is our family pets and most notably 'Man's best friend', the dog.
New Scientisit even has the audacity to quote information from a new book, 'Time to Eat the Dog'.
According to the authors of the new book Time to Eat the Dog, it takes 0.84 hectares of land to keep a medium-sized dog fed. In contrast, running a 4.6-litre Toyota Land Cruiser, including the energy required to construct the thing and drive it 10,000 kilometres a year, requires 0.41 hectares. Dogs are not the only environmental sinners. The eco-footprint of a cat equates to that of a Volkswagen Golf.
The authors' suggest we should recycle our pets by either eating them or transforming their remains into pet food at such time as when they expire or perhaps sooner based on the tone of this article.
The solution according to those particular authors?
Toss out the dog or cat and adopt a chicken.
Source: NewScientist.com
