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Knowing that 1/3 of the food produced is wasted (http://www.fao.org/food-loss-and-food-waste/en/ http://www.fao.org/food-loss-and-food-waste/en/) that we consum
by edhelas 7y ago
Knowing that 1/3 of the food produced is wasted (http://www.fao.org/food-loss-and-food-waste/en/ http://www.fao.org/food-loss-and-food-waste/en/) that we consume way more meat than a few decades ago and that we import a lot of cereals, vegetables and fruits from aboard I don't think that blaming the Chinese or Indian people is the way to go.
30% of China production is exported.
Growing tomatoes in December in huge greenhouses like you can see in many places in Netherlands is maybe not the smartest way to save energy.
- 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 7y agoThere’s no blame. China is 29% of global CO2 emissions and the Netherlands is 0.47%. There is literally nothing the Netherlands can do to materially affect global CO2 output at this point. The measures put forth are unserious in the face of real data. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_...
- edhelas 7y agoIt's known that Netherlands only host companies that are in the interest of the environment. One example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Shell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Shell. It's super easy to say "look I'm not to blame" when most of what you're doing is not at home. Except for the intensive agriculture, most of the Dutch activity is in the 3rd sector, services. And in those services you have banks, oil companies, lobbying… (and also tax evaded ones, but that's another topic) that can be considered as the most impacting companies, even CO² wise, in the world. So please, counting on the fact that Dutchies are not a lot of people and are putting solar panel on their roof is really missing 95% of the topic.