THEY'RE faithful, friendly and furry - but under their harmless, fluffy exteriors, dogs and cats, the world's most popular house pets, use up more energy resources in a year than driving a car, a new book says.
In their book Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living, New Zealand-based architects Robert and Brenda Vale say keeping a medium-sized dog has the same ecological impact as driving 10,000km a year in a 4.6 litre Land Cruiser.
Calculating that the modern Fido chows through about 164kg of meat and 95kg of cereals a year, the Vales estimated the ecological footprint of cats and dogs, based on the amount of land needed to grow common brands of pet food.
"There are no recipes in the book," Robert Vale said, laughingly.
"We're not actually saying it is time to eat the dog. We're just saying that we need to think about and know the (ecological) impact of some of the things we do and that we take for granted."
Dog/Gods being compared to Cars/Chariots? I'm reminded of "Chariots of the Gods", a.k.a UFOs. The UFO/Merkaba/Chariot theme is heavy in these times, with news of imminent E.T. disclosure, the "Balloon Boy" farce, and my own UFO dream.
This story should be proof to anyone that the whole Green movement is worthless, especially when one notices this book was written by architects/Masons. Just a coincidence?
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