Quotulatiousness » FactChecking http://quotulatiousness.ca/blog Quotations, comments, and whatever else I'm interested in at the moment. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:18:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Check your homework, says the dog http://quotulatiousness.ca/blog/2009/10/23/check-your-homework-says-the-dog/ http://quotulatiousness.ca/blog/2009/10/23/check-your-homework-says-the-dog/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:12:23 +0000 Nicholas http://quotulatiousness.ca/blog/?p=1565 Brenda and Robert Vale recently published Eat the Dog: The real guide to sustainable living, where they made the case that your pets are a greater environmental burden than a typical SUV. Cocoa the dog begs to differ, having checked their math:

Conclusion

0.61 hectares to feed the soulless Toyota Land Cruiser.

0.062 hectares to feed your best friend.

That’s 10 times as much for the Land Cruiser than for me. I could have sworn the professors said the dog required twice as much land as the Land Cruiser. They were only off by a factor of 20.

Bad professors, BAD. Don’t make me rub your nose in it.

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