For the environment's sake, don't get divorce

http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change/dn12990-for-the-environments-sake-dont-get-divorced.html

This article is pretty neat because I never would have taken this situation into consideration. As the percentage of divorces rise, a groundbreaking analysis of the environmental impact of divorce was taken and it provided the some interesting results.


The environmental cost of a marriage splitting occurs because couples and their families move into separate properties after divorce – meaning they collectively occupy more space, burn more energy, and consume more water than they did as a family unit.