It turns out that there are tons of incentive problems with cleaning up after your pet, meaning that as a dog-owning economist with a blog I’m obligated to write about all of them. I talked about the idea of placing a special bin on city streets for dog-waste in yesterday’s post with an eye toward …
Tag Archive: Layla
Sep
17
Energy Independence
Claire sent me a link to this older article earlier today about San Francisco’s attempt at converting dog poop into energy. From the article: Under the pilot plan, announced this week, Sunset Scavenger will place biodegradable bags and what are tastefully called dog-waste carts in a popular San Francisco dog park. The dog poo will …
Oct
06
Should I do this?
I just read this article on a service that for about $65, you can take a swab of your dog’s cheek, send it off to a lab, and in a few weeks find out exactly what breeds make up your pup. While I have a pretty good idea of the main breeds that make up …