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The Environment Thread :-)

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rf_fozzy
rf_fozzy
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Well, of course a horse is not carbon free either....

My favourite stat is that the carbon footprint of an average sized dog on a normal diet in the UK is greater than that of a car. The latter footprint including manufacturing and running of it.
Fields
Fields
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What if the dog drives an electric car?
cackleberry
cackleberry
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I find dogs last longer than cars. Plus, personally, I get more pleasure from dog ownership :)
rf_fozzy
rf_fozzy
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Fields go away.

Kittened again. I wish I could kitten you automatically.
cackleberry
cackleberry
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What if the dog drives an electric car?


Maybe the dogs could drive the Uber vehicles?
Trouble is, they would only have two destinations -

The park
The sausage shop
HappyG(rrr)
HappyG(rrr)
Jun 2023
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What if the dog is an electric dog? syfy.com :-) G
rf_fozzy
rf_fozzy
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Thanks cackleberry, you'be just prompted me to look up something I didn't know.

Average dog lifespan is 10-13y

Average car lifespan in dist is ~150,000miles

The average driving distance in the UK is ~7,500 miles per year

So that makes car life span ~20y.

Or 1.5doga
cackleberry
cackleberry
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I've also managed to blow up two cars, never blown up a dog.

Wonder how far a dog travels in it's lifetime? Current dog is doing a minimum of 3 miles per day...

Also, last year the car did 19,000 miles.
Pou Pou LePhoõk
Pou Pou LePhoõk
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What if the dog drives an electric car?


It'd have to be a biggish dog if it can reach the pedals and see where it's going.
Pou Pou LePhoõk
Pou Pou LePhoõk
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But seriously...I presume the footprint of a vegetarian dog would be much lower.

About This Thread

Maintained by HappyG(rrr)
Hi
I've seen environment (whether emissions, power, climate change, access to countryside, whatever you think of as "environment") discussed in various threads: Politics (obviously), the Electric Car thread fetcheveryone.com/forum/electric-car-anyone-61481/ , run free's excellent "Competitive Running and Keeping The Environment Clean" fetcheveryone.com/forum/running-competitively-keeping-our-environment-clean-60907/ my own Greta Thunberg thread fetcheveryone.com/forum/greta-thunberg---jfk-for-the-climate-generation-61044/ etc. but I haven't seen a general one.

So here it is. For those interested in the science, the politics, the action for (and I'll state that for me, this is mostly pro-environment, anti-emissions, anti-pollution etc.) and the hope for the future of our planet.

Useful links posted by contributors:
rf_fozzy: This is quite a good article about how disruptive technology works too: lesswrong.com
Basically about why Kodak completely missed the boat when it came to digital cameras timkastelle.org
run free's Grand Designs example Ben Laws is a man who built his dream: granddesignsmagazine.com granddesignsmagazine.com
Carbon Commentary carboncommentary.com
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