Can you really prevent future fiery floods by using a porcelain dish to feed your dog?

William M. Briggs, Statistician » Reducing Your Dog’s Carbon Paw Print?

Anyway, the press release, from some nameless PR firm, is for the benefit of “Heidi Ganahl, CEO and Founder of Camp Bow Wow” who claims that the money we spend on pets is a “harm to the environment.”

Heidi has some ideas to mitigate this harm. One of the biggest is to “Break out the Fine China.” She says feeding Rover off of porcelain is more “environmentally conscious” than from a plastic dish.