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We need to stop entertaining the notion of the global warming hoax.

BBC - Climate Change: [Can you prevent hurricanes by replacing your dog with a wallaby?]

Forget the bamboo dog frisbees and the solar-powered kennels. Greening your dog is all about replacing it with a wallaby, according to the Times.

A dog generates four tonnes of carbon dioxide (calculated using Do The Green Thing's estimate that every pound spent in Britain emits at least 0.4 kg of CO2) and 1.5 tonnes of excrement over its lifespan, so it's fairly easy to see what John Sparrow was getting at when he derided man's best friend as an 'unsavoury engine of pollution'.