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Ecosmackdown: Pets Versus Solar Panels

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Ecosmackdown: Pets Versus Solar Panels

Description: It takes 17 times more land to feed American pets than would be required by solar farms producing enough electricity to meet all the demand in the United States.

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A new book by Robert and Brenda Vale, two architects at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, looked into the ecological foodprints of the world’s pets, New Scientist reported.

Original URL: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/ecosmackdown-solar-versus-pets/

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/ecosmackdown-solar-versus-pets/

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- JDP
  
  4 weeks ago
  
  Now if we can just figure out how to get solar panels to purr, roll over, and fetch the newspaper ...
  
  Now if we can just figure out how to get solar panels to purr, roll over, and fetch the newspaper ...
  Commented in: Planet Earth, Sustainable Living, Environment, Energy, The Skeptic, Alternative Energy, Twine News, Green, Conscious Awareness, Unintended Consequences/Unexpected Results, alternative energy
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JDP added to Planet Earth, Alternative Energy, alternative energy, Unintended Consequences/Unexpected Results, The Skeptic, Energy, Sustainable Living, Environment, Conscious Awareness, Green, Twine News 4 weeks ago