Divorce bad for the environment, researchers say

[Trogdor the Burninator]

Soaring divorce rates around the globe are taking a toll on the environment, American researchers suggested in a study released Monday.

Michigan State University researcher Jianguo "Jack" Liu and his assistant Eunice Yu said the increasing number of divorces leads to more households with fewer people and greater consumption of water and energy. They said housing units require space, construction materials and fuel to heat and cool, regardless of the number of inhabitants.

So don't just stay together for the kids - do it for the planet.

Meanwhile, I'll put up some reputation for grabs for anyone who finds an article linking global warming to Starcraft. It's about the only link I haven't read about yet.

 

[Voegelin]

the increasing number of divorces leads to more households with fewer people and greater consumption of water and energy

Might be climate change is causing more divorces.

 

[simplicity]

That's an interesting take on the discussion. It's actually pretty good outside-the-box thinking.

For instance, if we all ate more raw foods - argh, I guess only fruits and vegetables - we can reduce our power consumption dramatically. The amount of power needed to boil a pot of water for cooking or even making coffee is huge compared to the power to keep all the lights on in the house. Lighting uses very little power compared to cooking. I guess being married and having kids stay home longer can introduce lots of efficiencies.

 

[Avatar]

That's an interesting take on the discussion. It's actually pretty good outside-the-box thinking.

For instance, if we all ate more raw foods - argh, I guess only fruits and vegetables - we can reduce our power consumption dramatically. The amount of power needed to boil a pot of water for cooking or even making coffee is huge compared to the power to keep all the lights on in the house. Lighting uses very little power compared to cooking. I guess being married and having kids stay home longer can introduce lots of efficiencies.

Okay. I'm not drinking cold coffee!

 

[Billnew]

Did you all hear?
Spamming the internet with all these global warming
schemes is harming the enviroment.

 

[pgp_protector]

Life causes the consumption of Energy that is bad for the environment.

 

[serephim02]

Everything is bad for the enviroment, I could eat some serious Taco Bell and go outside and crack one off and that would undoubtedly be bad for something...hehe course that would be bad mainly for those standing around me at that time.

 

[wpiman2]

So, what you are saying is that we should reintroduce polygamy? It actually makes sense; if I have 3-4 women in my bed at night, I would stay warmed and would not need to turn the heat up so much.