[NatureNS] How green is your pet?

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plant using electricity&amp;nbsp;( produced how?) &amp;nbsp;plus plastics, 
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> There are many ways of drawing attention to wasteful lifestyle choices, and
> the environmental impact of human activities can be analyzed according many
> criteria. Calculating ecological footprint according to how much land is
> required to generate food or energy is one such method. It doesn't, as you
> point out, tell the whole story. Science is all about looking at the vast
> complexity of the world and choosing one or two threads at a time to follow.
>
>

I don't think this article is what science is about.  Science most certainly
isn't about choosing one or two threads to make a opinionated directional
point. That's what politics are for.

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