Study: Divorce is bad for the environment

While they were studying pandas in a Chinese wildlife reserve, scientists came upon an interesting finding. Among the human citizens who lived on the reserve, the number of households were increasing far faster than the population. The reason was divorce, and in the reserve, it meant less room and fewer resources for the animals. Thinking they had hit on something, the researchers decided to study the effects of divorce on the environment in 12 different countries.

What they found is this: When divorce splits a family, it means that there are now two households where there used to be one, households that demand resources like heat and lighting. In the U.S. alone, if divorced households combined to be the same size as their former married household, 38.5 million rooms could be eliminated.

It's kind of like emotional carpooling. Of course, you can't stay married just to save the environment, can you? Or can you?

Joking aside, what do you think of this finding?