Sharing this link not because I agree with the conclusions, but as an example of what mainstream climate writers are saying. I basically distrust all climate statistics at this point and think we need to just follow common sense: relocalize, restore ecosystems, and phase out practices that require destructive extraction in faraway places.
Thanks for the link Lynn I don't agree with the conclusions either mostly because, as is too often the case the study is just considering food transport. The negative externalities of all petrol based transport systems are not taken into account. For example the flying food part only considers the GHG emissions and not the climate forcing produced by the condensation trails.The negatve health impacts of industrial food are not considered. That said I tend to be speaking about ultra local production, which avoids as a much as possible the use of millions of small vans transporting from farms to local markets.
To accomplish these goals we require massive behavior change!
Yes indeed. What is great is that it is happening and it is spreading
Sharing this link not because I agree with the conclusions, but as an example of what mainstream climate writers are saying. I basically distrust all climate statistics at this point and think we need to just follow common sense: relocalize, restore ecosystems, and phase out practices that require destructive extraction in faraway places.
https://open.substack.com/pub/hannahritchie/p/food-miles?r=3d0wn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Thanks for the link Lynn I don't agree with the conclusions either mostly because, as is too often the case the study is just considering food transport. The negative externalities of all petrol based transport systems are not taken into account. For example the flying food part only considers the GHG emissions and not the climate forcing produced by the condensation trails.The negatve health impacts of industrial food are not considered. That said I tend to be speaking about ultra local production, which avoids as a much as possible the use of millions of small vans transporting from farms to local markets.