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Planet Feels Heat Of Divorce (ECO-NUT SOCIAL ENGINEERING ALERT)
Times Online (UK) ^ | December 2, 2007 | Roger Waite

Posted on 12/02/2007 5:48:47 PM PST by Viking2002

UNHAPPY couples used to stick together for the sake of the kids. Now they can make the best of a bad marriage in the name of being environmentally friendly.

Scientists have quantified for the first time the extent to which divorce damages the environment. The researchers found that the combined use of electricity across the two new households created rose 53% while water use was up by 42%.

Across America – one of 12 countries studied – divorced households used 73 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2005 that could have been saved if the families had not split up. That is equivalent to about a fifth of Britain’s consumption.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: agw; globalwarming; socialengineering
More pablum from those that wish humanity to live in ant hills - sacrifice your existence to stay with the mistake you married. I have only one word for Jianguo Liu of Michigan University: fungu.
1 posted on 12/02/2007 5:48:49 PM PST by Viking2002
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To: Viking2002

what a twist!
What will we see next? PETA vs planned parenthood? gun control nuts vs union bosses?


2 posted on 12/02/2007 5:55:05 PM PST by ari-freedom (Any theory can appear to explain facts if the theory has enough variables.)
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To: Viking2002; OAKC0N; time4good; Mike32; genxer; PatriotEdition; Simul iustus et peccator; ...
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3 posted on 12/02/2007 5:55:52 PM PST by narses (...the spirit of Trent is abroad once more.)
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To: Viking2002
UNHAPPY couples used to stick together for the sake of the kids

Barring any abuse, alcoholism, etc., the above should still be true.

4 posted on 12/02/2007 5:56:32 PM PST by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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To: Viking2002

This has gone waaaaay beyond being ridiculous.


5 posted on 12/02/2007 6:04:22 PM PST by bushbuddy
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To: Viking2002

the correct modern sensitive term would be “ant village” now. geez, you’re being sooo insensitive to the little creatures among us.


6 posted on 12/02/2007 6:08:17 PM PST by robomatik
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To: bushbuddy
Tell me about it - go find my my 'bagpipes' thread, and prepare to nut up.


7 posted on 12/02/2007 6:08:56 PM PST by Viking2002 (Waterboarding the Left every chance I get.)
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To: robomatik
Silence, bug, and go be the good little worker drone for your Leftist overseers. LMAO :-)


8 posted on 12/02/2007 6:10:29 PM PST by Viking2002 (Waterboarding the Left every chance I get.)
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To: Viking2002

So divorce causes Global Warming?


9 posted on 12/02/2007 6:11:12 PM PST by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: bushbuddy
“This has gone waaaaay beyond being ridiculous.”

Indeed.

Junk journalism used to be a bachelor; now it’s also married to junk science.

10 posted on 12/02/2007 6:14:39 PM PST by alecqss
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To: edcoil
I think I helped fight it during my first divorce. She wouldn't STFU, so when I moved out, it's must've cut the local CO2 emissions by 5% or better. :-)


11 posted on 12/02/2007 6:17:20 PM PST by Viking2002 (Waterboarding the Left every chance I get.)
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To: edcoil

” So divorce causes Global Warming? “

Inverse causality. Global Warming causes Divorce: decreased snuggling needs lead to increased desire for “my own space”, as well as increased body odor; also less depedence on someone to do the snow shoveling, hearty meal cooking, or whatever domestic chores each of us hates that their spouse does; not to mention the increased exposed skin area of attractive-looking members of the opposite, or desired, or whatever, sex, leading to the (usually erroeous) notion that the individual in question could do better. See the popular song,”Baby It’s Cold Outside”.


12 posted on 12/02/2007 6:26:53 PM PST by Humble Servant (Keep it simple - do what's right.)
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To: Humble Servant

In other words, it’s

Bush’s fault.


13 posted on 12/02/2007 6:27:31 PM PST by Humble Servant (Keep it simple - do what's right.)
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To: Viking2002
Scientists have quantified for the first time the extent to which divorce damages the environment.

All this environmental projection tells me that there is a deep mental illness sweeping the planet.

14 posted on 12/02/2007 6:39:16 PM PST by JoJo Gunn (Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
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To: Viking2002

I wonder if the author takes into account breakups by cohabited couples. The divorce rates in the US in general is higher than other Western countries (especially compared to those of Western Europes), but American marriage rates are also higher. So, if we simply look at the effect of breakup on environment (via the demand of housing, electricity, etc.), we also need to look at the breakup rates of cohabited couples.


15 posted on 12/02/2007 6:44:05 PM PST by paudio
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To: Viking2002

The thought police at work for your own good.


16 posted on 12/02/2007 6:45:44 PM PST by freekitty ((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
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To: Viking2002

One thing wrong here. When people get divorced; they usually move to smaller places and have to work; so they are not there most the time; hence, less electricity used. The kids are in school; etc.

Have you seen single peoples or even newly married couples places these days? They hardly contain any furniture because they are NOT there.


17 posted on 12/02/2007 7:02:12 PM PST by freekitty ((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
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To: JoJo Gunn
"Scientists have quantified for the first time the extent to which divorce damages the environment."

I seriously doubt any real self respecting "scientists" had anything to do with this crap. The word "scientist" no longer means a professional person educated and studying in their chosen field of interest, it means any left wing moonbat envirowienie who thinks mankind doesn't belong on this planet, and should all be governed by a world government full of unelected evirowienies, and live like cavemen, except grazing little sheep, not clubbing dinosaurs over the head and roasting them over an active volcano.

18 posted on 12/02/2007 7:03:12 PM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: JoJo Gunn
All this environmental projection tells me that there is a deep mental illness sweeping the planet.

You stated the truth succinctly!

19 posted on 12/02/2007 7:06:32 PM PST by Ole Okie
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To: Ole Okie
"All this environmental projection tells me that there is a deep mental illness sweeping the planet."

And they are brainwashing every kid in public school from K-12 in the entire western world with this garbage, and there isn't a damn thing we can do about it.

20 posted on 12/02/2007 7:12:26 PM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: holdonnow; sono; NYer; Bahbah

Shakes head.


21 posted on 12/02/2007 7:29:45 PM PST by AliVeritas (CNN: Pravda, only dumber.)
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To: edcoil

Wait, i’m confused. I thought Global Warming caused divorce?


22 posted on 12/02/2007 7:38:34 PM PST by AliVeritas (CNN: Pravda, only dumber.)
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To: paudio

How about in China or Mexico?


23 posted on 12/02/2007 7:39:53 PM PST by AliVeritas (CNN: Pravda, only dumber.)
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To: Viking2002
"SCIENCE!"
24 posted on 12/02/2007 8:19:17 PM PST by onedoug
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To: Beowulf; Defendingliberty

~~Anthropogenic Global Warming ™ ping~~


25 posted on 12/02/2007 10:36:46 PM PST by steelyourfaith
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To: Viking2002
Adding Divorce to this....

http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/warmlist.htm

A complete list of things caused by global warming

Agricultural land increase, Africa devastated, African aid threatened, Africa hit hardest, air pressure changes, Alaska reshaped, allergies increase, Alps melting, Amazon a desert, American dream end, amphibians breeding earlier (or not), ancient forests dramatically changed, animals head for the hills, Antarctic grass flourishes, anxiety, algal blooms, archaeological sites threatened, Arctic bogs melt, Arctic in bloom, Arctic lakes disappear, asthma, Atlantic less salty, Atlantic more salty, atmospheric defiance, atmospheric circulation modified, attack of the killer jellyfish, avalanches reduced, avalanches increased, bananas destroyed, bananas grow, beetle infestation, bet for $10,000, better beer, big melt faster, billion dollar research projects, billions of deaths, bird distributions change, bird visitors drop, birds return early, blackbirds stop singing, blizzards, blue mussels return, bluetongue, boredom, bridge collapse (Minneapolis), Britain Siberian, British gardens change, brothels struggle, bubonic plague, budget increases, Buddhist temple threatened, building collapse, building season extension, bushfires, business opportunities, business risks, butterflies move north, cancer deaths in England, cardiac arrest, caterpillar biomass shift, challenges and opportunities, childhood insomnia, Cholera, circumcision in decline, cirrus disappearance, civil unrest, cloud increase, cloud stripping, cockroach migration, cod go south, cold climate creatures survive, cold spells (Australia), computer models, conferences, coral bleaching, coral reefs dying, coral reefs grow, coral reefs shrink , cold spells, cost of trillions, cougar attacks, cremation to end, crime increase, crocodile sex, crumbling roads, buildings and sewage systems, cyclones (Australia), damages equivalent to $200 billion, Darfur, Dartford Warbler plague, death rate increase (US), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, dermatitis, desert advance, desert life threatened, desert retreat, destruction of the environment, diarrhoea, disappearance of coastal cities, diseases move north, Dolomites collapse, drought, drowning people, ducks and geese decline, dust bowl in the corn belt, early marriages, early spring, earlier pollen season, Earth biodiversity crisis, Earth dying, Earth even hotter, Earth light dimming, Earth lopsided, Earth melting, Earth morbid fever, Earth on fast track, Earth past point of no return, Earth slowing down, Earth spinning out of control, Earth spins faster, Earth to explode, earth upside down, Earth wobbling, earthquakes, El Niño intensification, erosion, emerging infections, encephalitis, equality threatened, Europe simultaneously baking and freezing, evolution accelerating, expansion of university climate groups, extinctions (human, civilisation, logic, Inuit, smallest butterfly, cod, ladybirds, bats, pandas, pikas, polar bears, pigmy possums, gorillas, koalas, walrus, whales, frogs, toads, turtles, orang-utan, elephants, tigers, plants, salmon, trout, wild flowers, woodlice, penguins, a million species, half of all animal and plant species, not polar bears, barrier reef, leaches), experts muzzled, extreme changes to California, fading fall foliage, famine, farmers go under, fashion disaster, fever,figurehead sacked, fir cone bonanza, fish catches drop, fish catches rise, fish stocks at risk, fish stocks decline, five million illnesses, flesh eating disease, flood patterns change, floods, floods of beaches and cities, Florida economic decline, food poisoning, food prices rise, food security threat (SA), footpath erosion, forest decline, forest expansion, frostbite, frosts, fungi fruitful, fungi invasion, games change, Garden of Eden wilts, genetic diversity decline, gene pools slashed, gingerbread houses collapse, glacial earthquakes, glacial retreat, glacial growth, glacier wrapped, global cooling, global dimming, glowing clouds, god melts, golf Masters wrecked, Gore omnipresence, grandstanding, grasslands wetter, Great Barrier Reef 95% dead, Great Lakes drop, greening of the North, Grey whales lose weight, Gulf Stream failure, habitat loss, Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, harvest increase, harvest shrinkage, hay fever epidemic, hazardous waste sites breached, health of children harmed, heart disease, heart attacks and strokes (Australia), heat waves, hibernation ends too soon, hibernation ends too late, homeless 50 million, hornets, high court debates, human development faces unprecedented reversal, human fertility reduced, human health improvement, human health risk, hurricanes, hurricane reduction, hydropower problems, hyperthermia deaths, ice sheet growth, ice sheet shrinkage, illness and death, inclement weather, infrastructure failure (Canada), Inuit displacement, Inuit poisoned, Inuit suing, industry threatened, infectious diseases, inflation in China, insurance premium rises, invasion of cats, invasion of herons, invasion of midges, island disappears, islands sinking, itchier poison ivy, jellyfish explosion, Kew Gardens taxed, kitten boom, krill decline, lake and stream productivity decline, lake shrinking and growing, landslides, landslides of ice at 140 mph, lawsuits increase, lawsuit successful, lawyers' income increased (surprise surprise!), lightning related insurance claims, little response in the atmosphere, lush growth in rain forests, Lyme disease, Malaria, malnutrition, mammoth dung melt, Maple syrup shortage, marine diseases, marine food chain decimated, marine dead zone, Meaching (end of the world), megacryometeors, Melanoma, methane emissions from plants, methane burps, melting permafrost, Middle Kingdom convulses, migration, migration difficult (birds), microbes to decompose soil carbon more rapidly, monkeys on the move, Mont Blanc grows, monuments imperiled, more bad air days, more research needed, mountain (Everest) shrinking, mountains break up, mountains taller, mortality lower, mudslides, National security implications, new islands, next ice age, Nile delta damaged, no effect in India, Northwest Passage opened, nuclear plants bloom, oaks move north, ocean acidification, ocean waves speed up, opera house to be destroyed, outdoor hockey threatened, oyster diseases, ozone loss, ozone repair slowed, ozone rise, Pacific dead zone, personal carbon rationing, pest outbreaks, pests increase, phenology shifts, plankton blooms, plankton destabilised, plankton loss, plant viruses, plants march north, polar bears aggressive, polar bears cannibalistic, polar bears drowning, polar bears starve, polar tours scrapped, porpoise astray, profits collapse, psychosocial disturbances, puffin decline, railroad tracks deformed, rainfall increase, rainfall reduction, rape wave, refugees, reindeer larger, release of ancient frozen viruses, resorts disappear, rice threatened, rice yields crash, riches, rift on Capitol Hill, rioting and nuclear war, rivers dry up, river flow impacted, rivers raised, roads wear out, rockfalls, rocky peaks crack apart, roof of the world a desert, Ross river disease, ruins ruined, salinity reduction, salinity increase, Salmonella, salmon stronger, satellites accelerate, school closures, sea level rise, sea level rise faster, seals mating more, sewer bills rise, sex change, sharks booming, sharks moving north, sheep shrink, shop closures, shrinking ponds, shrinking shrine, ski resorts threatened, slow death, smaller brains, smog, snowfall increase, snowfall heavy, snowfall reduction, societal collapse, songbirds change eating habits, sour grapes, space problem, spiders invade Scotland, squid population explosion, squirrels reproduce earlier, spectacular orchids, stormwater drains stressed, street crime to increase, suicide, taxes, tectonic plate movement, teenage drinking, terrorism, threat to peace, ticks move northward (Sweden), tides rise, tourism increase, trade barriers, trade winds weakened, tree beetle attacks, tree foliage increase (UK), tree growth slowed, trees could return to Antarctic, trees in trouble, trees less colourful, trees more colourful, trees lush, tropics expansion, tropopause raised, tsunamis, turtles crash, turtles lay earlier, UK Katrina, Vampire moths, Venice flooded, volcanic eruptions, walrus displaced, walrus pups orphaned, war, wars over water, wars threaten billions, water bills double, water supply unreliability, water scarcity (20% of increase), water stress, weather out of its mind, weather patterns awry, weeds, Western aid cancelled out, West Nile fever, whales move north, wheat yields crushed in Australia, white Christmas dream ends, wildfires, wind shift, wind reduced, wine - harm to Australian industry, wine industry damage (California), wine industry disaster (US), wine - more English, wine -German boon, wine - no more French , winters in Britain colder, wolves eat more moose, wolves eat less, workers laid off, World bankruptcy, World in crisis, World in flames, Yellow fever.

and all on 0.006 deg C per year!

26 posted on 12/03/2007 9:56:32 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

So, by the logic used in this article, if you practice Polygamy or support Abortion, then you must be a good Environmentalist?

Heck, I guess the more people that die from natural disasters and/or from terrorism, must also be good for the planet!


27 posted on 12/04/2007 11:33:15 AM PST by cleelumsledhead
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To: Responsibility2nd

Hilarious! :-) Did you compile this list yourself?


28 posted on 12/04/2007 2:13:35 PM PST by Pinkbell (Duncan Hunter 2008 - Protecting and Restoring America)
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To: Pinkbell

Oh No.

see this... http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/warmlist.htm

Rush Limbaugh was mentioning this on his show the other day. There’s a thread on this somewhere.

This list has been around awhile.


29 posted on 12/04/2007 2:28:00 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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