Sometimes you can’t help but wonder: how do the progressive scolds who constantly shame everyone else for routine actions ever get out of bed in the morning with the burdens they carry? [emphasis, links added]
They worry they’re using too much water to brush their teeth, they can’t take a vacation because the emissions from the car or plane will cause the demise of us all, and the CO2 they emit with each breath spells disaster.
They constantly fret over the consumption of meat, the use of everyday household appliances that make our lives better, and any other progress that has brought our civilization into the 21st century.
Now the Associated Press (AP) is highlighting the latest idiocy out of the National Academy of Sciences, which has determined that your pooch is contributing to the possible death of human society:
“The top three individual actions that help the climate, including avoiding plane flights, choosing not to get a dog and using renewable electricity, were also the three that participants underestimated the most. Meanwhile, the lowest-impact actions were changing to more efficient appliances and swapping out light bulbs, recycling, and using less energy on washing clothes. Those were three of the top four overestimated actions in the report.”
No one cares, AP:
Don’t you just want to say to folks like this, “Get a life?”
I don’t actually give a flying leap if my dog is environmentally high or low impact; dogs are man’s best friend and have brought incalculable joy to our species for tens of thousands of years.
And no, I’m not going to serve them vegetables just to make John Kerry and Greta Thunberg happy.
If I were less polite, I’d tell them exactly where they can stick this study:
“Why dogs have a big climate impact
“Dogs are big meat eaters, and meat is a significant contributor to climate change. That is because many of the farm animals, which will become food, release methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. Beef is especially impactful, in part because around the world cattle are often raised on land that was illegally deforested. Since trees absorb carbon dioxide, the most abundant greenhouse gas, cutting them to then raise cattle is a double whammy.”
Certainly, it’s good practice to look after the environment and do what we can to help it, but getting rid of our beloved pets is a total nonstarter.
The Shame Industry is still huge, but more and more people are tuning them out as their apocalyptic visions keep failing to materialize.
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