Comments on: Get Married For The Environment http://donklephant.com/2007/12/04/get-married-for-the-environment/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:05:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Dyre42 http://donklephant.com/2007/12/04/get-married-for-the-environment/#comment-385282 Dyre42 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:00:37 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/12/04/get-married-for-the-environment/#comment-385282 Sounds good. I'll propose tomorrow. Sounds good. I’ll propose tomorrow.

]]> By: Dos http://donklephant.com/2007/12/04/get-married-for-the-environment/#comment-385263 Dos Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:43:24 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/12/04/get-married-for-the-environment/#comment-385263 It makes perfect sense, but maybe we should tie it less to marriage and more to cohabitation? I think this misses the point a little bit. Ultimately, the efficiency of a married couple, versus non-married individuals, does **in part** stems from cohabitation. The light that is used for one is used for all living in the house. However, you would find that individuals that are cohabitating, as opposed to married, are less efficient than married couples; i.e., roommates that simply share space expenses or resources, but not INCOME. Married individuals have a mutual benefit to sharing resources and expenses, because they generally share INCOME. Cohabitating individuals actually derive an economic benefit from **increasing** their own personal use of resources if the expenses are shared equally among all the cohabitants, because they generally do not share income. Justin, certainly I have my proclivities, for which I will fess-up, but you do not miss an opportunity to deride any alleged benefit to traditional marriage. Just a casual observation my friend. It makes perfect sense, but maybe we should tie it less to marriage and more to cohabitation?

I think this misses the point a little bit. Ultimately, the efficiency of a married couple, versus non-married individuals, does **in part** stems from cohabitation. The light that is used for one is used for all living in the house.

However, you would find that individuals that are cohabitating, as opposed to married, are less efficient than married couples; i.e., roommates that simply share space expenses or resources, but not INCOME. Married individuals have a mutual benefit to sharing resources and expenses, because they generally share INCOME.

Cohabitating individuals actually derive an economic benefit from **increasing** their own personal use of resources if the expenses are shared equally among all the cohabitants, because they generally do not share income.

Justin, certainly I have my proclivities, for which I will fess-up, but you do not miss an opportunity to deride any alleged benefit to traditional marriage. Just a casual observation my friend.

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