- #1
- 24,017
- 3,337
According to a new book
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091220/sc_afp/lifestyleclimatewarminganimalsfood
This makes me wonder how much just the overpopulation of humans contributes to "global warming". Has anyone ever done the calculations? I've heard that 2 billion humans is the ideal global population and we are currently at 6,791,500,000.
Man's best friend could be one of the environment's worst enemies, according to a new study which says the carbon pawprint of a pet dog is more than double that of a gas-guzzling sports utility vehicle.
Cats have an eco-footprint of about 0.15 hectares, slightly less than driving a Volkswagen Golf for a year, while two hamsters equates to a plasma television and even the humble goldfish burns energy equivalent to two mobile telephones.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091220/sc_afp/lifestyleclimatewarminganimalsfood
This makes me wonder how much just the overpopulation of humans contributes to "global warming". Has anyone ever done the calculations? I've heard that 2 billion humans is the ideal global population and we are currently at 6,791,500,000.
Last edited by a moderator: