musicman Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 (edited) Divorce isn't just a family matter. It exacts a serious toll on the environment by boosting the energy and water consumption of those who used to live together, according to a study authored by two Michigan State University researchers.The analysis found that co-habiting couples and families around the globe use resources more efficiently than households that have split up. The researchers calculated that in 2005, divorced American households used between 42 and 61 percent more resources per person than before they separated, spending 46 percent more per person on electricity and 56 percent more on water.Their paper also found that if the divorced couples had stayed together in 2005, the United States would have saved 73 billion kilowatt hours of electricity and 627 billion gallons of water in that year alone.Married households use energy and water more efficiently than divorced ones because they share these resources Edited December 4, 2007 by musicman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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