Quote Originally Posted by lord jackel View Post
I think in the small scheme of hobbies that reptile raising is NOT very green.

If you think about usage:
More electricity - for heating (oil or gas)
Racking - uses plastic (racks and tubs from oil) or wood (cut trees)
Newspaper or Trees (aspen) for bedding
Shipping is always overnight which means planes and drastically more fuel
Higher water usage (drinking and cleaning)
Feeder raising - significant waste by product (more wood that cannot be recycled or is toxic due to waste as it breaks down) (more trees too) - even if you buy FT someone has the waste (and now you add the potential for escaped CO2 into the atmosphere)

The more you own the bigger your impact.

it is an interesting topic and has me thinking about how to reduce. Besides reusing newspaper or computer paper what other ways can we as a group reduce our impact?
All excellent, excellent points. I think really the only way for us to be "green" is to own pretty much nothing, live in the woods and live off berries. Anything other than that, and we are negatively impacting the environment.

JonV