Why aren't the environmentalists protesting against divorce?

Question

'A rising tide of divorce is taking a huge toll on the planet, warns a groundbreaking analysis of the environmental impact of divorce.

The environmental cost of a marriage splitting occurs because couples and their families move into separate properties after divorce – meaning they collectively occupy more space, burn more energy, and consume more water than they did as a family unit...."
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn12990-for-the-environments-sake-dont-get-divorced.html


Are the environmentalists keeping silent about this waste of planetary resources because many of them are guilty of doing it too?

Or are they keeping silent about it because they have been corrupted by leftist political correctness?

In the US, for example, 627 billion gallons of water, the use of 38 million rooms, and 734 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity would have been saved in 2005 alone if no-one had got divorced.

In the same year, divorced households spent 46% more on electricity and 56% more on water per person than if they had stayed married. And following a split, US households consumed 42 to 61% more resources per person than while married. ...
And the problem is likely to get worse, warns Liu. Between 1970 and 2000, the proportion of households headed by divorcees soared from 5 to 15% of all US households. Divorces are also steadily increasing in China, note the authors, where divorce rates have traditionally been low.

“Divorce escalates consumption of increasingly limited resources,” the authors warn. ...
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn12990-for-the-environments-sake-dont-get-divorced.html

Answer 1

I don't really think this was very obvious. I read the article you are referring to and I didn't put 2 and 2 together myself before reading the article.

I'm glad this article pointed this out. Maybe this will make people think twice before splitting.

Actually I think it would be nice to have more communal living. I saw on the news some elderly women are doing this and it makes a lot of sense. Everyone benefits.

Answer 2

Because we understand science and numbers.

This is a relatively small deal, stated by someone with an axe to grind.

There are far more important things to worry about.

By the way, have these guys been corrupted by leftist political correctnness?

"Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich challenged fellow conservatives to stop resisting scientific evidence of global warming"

"National Review (the most prestigious conservative magazine) published a cover story this past week calling on conservatives to shake off denial and get into the climate policy debate"

"Pat Robertson (very conservative Christian leader) 'It is getting hotter and the ice caps are melting and there is a build up of carbon dioxide in the air. We really need to do something on fossil fuels.”

Answer 3

anytime more people live in a smaller space, it's better. so i think you should move in with your parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters. it's not just about divorce but about kids leaving home and even roommates finding separate houses.
of course when old people move to assisted living centers or nursing homes maybe that makes it better! we should all move to communes for the environment. you go first.

Answer 4

Soon the eco-fascist are going to regulate marriage and divorce "for the common good".

Face it, everything we do causes "global warming".

Even the study of "global warming" creates "global warming"

Answer 5

wtf ???? r u crazee??? if u look in such a way everything u do adds to global warming ....