We all know that divorce is bad for our bank balance, but did you know that divorce is also bad for the planet? No, we don’t mean in a bad Karma sort of way, the truth is that divorced men tend to be more wasteful than married men when it comes to their carbon footprint, at least according to Australian senator Steve Fielding.

Fielding argues that men who get divorced are more wasteful with resources, as they consume more electric, food and of course a second property, than they would if they lived with their wife.

Personally I found that I used far less resources when I got divorced, as I didn’t leave the heating and the lights on, I didn’t buy as much milk and I didn’t drive into town for no reason whatsoever, other than to just ‘look around’.

Clive Bellmore