I would be very interested to see an actual peer reviewed study on this. Until that happens I'm happy to throw my own uninformed opinion on the internet based o

I would be very interested to see an actual peer reviewed study on this. Until that happens I'm happy to throw my own uninformed opinion on the internet based off a sample size of me. My first thought would be that as a DINK with pets the resource usage of my 2 spayed and neutered dogs which weren't bred on a puppy farm is miniscule compared to even one child who goes through diapers, clothes, eventually builds a house, and will forever contribute to filling up our landfills. Furthermore that one child is unlikely to be spayed and neutered so they will contribute to exponential population pressure. Whatever the resource consumption rate is for owning spayed and neutered pets (per couple per year). It's eventually going to be dwarfed by exponentially increasing resource consumption rates of "productive members of society". I really would prefer if people would produce a little less.