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A cat has the same carbon footprint as a VW golf...

Post by Pappa » Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:53 pm

...and a dog, that of and SUV.

Just saying. :tea:
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Post by Ayaan » Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:55 pm

I've never heard this before. Where did you get this info from?
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Sciwoman wrote:I've never heard this before. Where did you get this info from?
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Post by Feck » Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:59 pm

Maybe if you feed em tinned food ? but I can't see Feck causing much co2
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:01 pm

The Mythbusters need this one badly.
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Post by MissingNo. » Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:03 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:The Mythbusters need this one badly.
But then they'll explode the cat at the end.

Does this cat leave the same carbon footprint as VW...WHEN RIGGED WITH 3 KEGS OF DYNAMITE?

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Post by Pappa » Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:05 pm

Sciwoman wrote:I've never heard this before. Where did you get this info from?
There was an article about it in the New Scientist a few months ago.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2 ... r-pet.html
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2 ... reedy.html
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Post by piscator » Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:32 pm

Fuck New Scientist

may as well get your info straight from the Discovery Institute

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Post by anna09 » Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:36 pm

I saw this article in the paper about a month ago. . . what a load of shit. :roll:

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Post by MissingNo. » Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:44 pm

We're talking about the magazine that published this:

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Post by Pappa » Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:45 pm

anna09 wrote:I saw this article in the paper about a month ago. . . what a load of shit. :roll:
Actually, it's pretty sound. Pets do have quite significant carbon footprints.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:48 pm

Pappa wrote:
anna09 wrote:I saw this article in the paper about a month ago. . . what a load of shit. :roll:
Actually, it's pretty sound. Pets do have quite significant carbon footprints.
Every pet cat? The same carbon footprint?
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:50 pm

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anna09 wrote:I saw this article in the paper about a month ago. . . what a load of shit. :roll:
Actually, it's pretty sound. Pets do have quite significant carbon footprints.
Every pet cat? The same carbon footprint?
Unless they have extra toes. :tea:
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Re: A cat has the same carbon footprint as a VW golf...

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:53 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
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Pappa wrote:
anna09 wrote:I saw this article in the paper about a month ago. . . what a load of shit. :roll:
Actually, it's pretty sound. Pets do have quite significant carbon footprints.
Every pet cat? The same carbon footprint?
Unless they have extra toes. :tea:
How about the three legged ones?
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