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Hamster's Carbon Footprint

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    An article in Jamaica Observer[^] reports a book by New Zealand-based architects Robert and Brenda Vale which claims that the carbon footprint of a hamster works out at half the eco cost of running a plasma television.

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      An article in Jamaica Observer[^] reports a book by New Zealand-based architects Robert and Brenda Vale which claims that the carbon footprint of a hamster works out at half the eco cost of running a plasma television.

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      How shortsighted we are nowadays... Tisk Tisk. The plasma television's gravitational footprint offsets any gains on the hamster. Therefore, we are all doomed.

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        An article in Jamaica Observer[^] reports a book by New Zealand-based architects Robert and Brenda Vale which claims that the carbon footprint of a hamster works out at half the eco cost of running a plasma television.

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        If I recall correctly, these are the same people who last year proposed getting rid of all the doge because of their high carbon footprint, as reported in The Back Room. I also recall that I responded that it would make more sense to get rid of the humans first, as they had a much higher footprint. My opinion is that these people are jerks - in fact, jerkier than a very jerky thing. Come the revolution, they should be the first up against the wall.

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          An article in Jamaica Observer[^] reports a book by New Zealand-based architects Robert and Brenda Vale which claims that the carbon footprint of a hamster works out at half the eco cost of running a plasma television.

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          But a plasma TV can squash a dozen hamsters so...

          Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[^]

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            If I recall correctly, these are the same people who last year proposed getting rid of all the doge because of their high carbon footprint, as reported in The Back Room. I also recall that I responded that it would make more sense to get rid of the humans first, as they had a much higher footprint. My opinion is that these people are jerks - in fact, jerkier than a very jerky thing. Come the revolution, they should be the first up against the wall.

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            If you read the article, they are tongue-in-cheek suggesting getting rid of all the dogs (and cats :(( ). I think it's a pretty safe bet that this is a reincarnation of that earlier attempt to grab the headlines. Or in their case, there's no such thing as bad publicity. But being serious for a moment, the real problem is the growing carbon footprint of the exponentially growing population of this planet. I find it quite amazing that so few (allegedly) clever politicians find it so hard to grasp this simple fact - or do I mean admit it?

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              But a plasma TV can squash a dozen hamsters so...

              Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[^]

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              When they've been corralled by an expert wrangler, it can.

              Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                If you read the article, they are tongue-in-cheek suggesting getting rid of all the dogs (and cats :(( ). I think it's a pretty safe bet that this is a reincarnation of that earlier attempt to grab the headlines. Or in their case, there's no such thing as bad publicity. But being serious for a moment, the real problem is the growing carbon footprint of the exponentially growing population of this planet. I find it quite amazing that so few (allegedly) clever politicians find it so hard to grasp this simple fact - or do I mean admit it?

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                BarrRobot wrote:

                But being serious for a moment, the real problem is the growing carbon footprint of the exponentially growing population of this planet. I find it quite amazing that so few (allegedly) clever politicians find it so hard to grasp this simple fact - or do I mean admit it?

                Perhaps those very same politicians should volunteer to <Scrooge>decrease the surplus population</Scrooge>?

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