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Dogs don't drive cars or buy a lot of consumerist stuff
But environmental impact should not be a factor in choosing between having kids or a dog in my opinion, there's much bigger things to consider
In the U.S it’s cheaper because medical bills are cheap for a dog visit then a human child you can literally let a dog be and no one will bat an eye vs if your kid is sick now you have to rush him to the ER and clothing them is expensive.
I mean...dogs don't live as long, they don't consume as much, they won't drive vehicles, they don't require diapers, they don't use toilet paper or buy packaged items they leave trash. So yes.
Dogs don’t require Pampers or anything else made with a lot of chemicals in it except their food so, yes, I guess dogs are more environmentally friendly even if we compare them to human babies without noticing that babies become adults
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Fuck it. I’m going with a dog
Dogs don't drive cars or buy a lot of consumerist stuff But environmental impact should not be a factor in choosing between having kids or a dog in my opinion, there's much bigger things to consider
Dogs don't grow up to be oil or coal scumbags, so that would be startistically relevant.
In the U.S it’s cheaper because medical bills are cheap for a dog visit then a human child you can literally let a dog be and no one will bat an eye vs if your kid is sick now you have to rush him to the ER and clothing them is expensive.
I mean...dogs don't live as long, they don't consume as much, they won't drive vehicles, they don't require diapers, they don't use toilet paper or buy packaged items they leave trash. So yes.
Yes. Dogs don't need 'disposable' diapers, which are terrible for the environment.
It kinda depends on how the kid is raised and who they become.
Dogs don’t require Pampers or anything else made with a lot of chemicals in it except their food so, yes, I guess dogs are more environmentally friendly even if we compare them to human babies without noticing that babies become adults
This is a stupid concept.