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"More land is required to grow the city dweller's food, more materials are used to build the city dweller's home and workplace, more energy is required for tran
by mcguire 7y ago
"More land is required to grow the city dweller's food, more materials are used to build the city dweller's home and workplace, more energy is required for transport, heating and cooling."
Presumably, American city dwellers waste more food than subsistence farmers, but that factor is dwarfed by such measures as CO2 production. As the article describes.
- ailideex 7y agoThe claim is not that they waste more food but as you quoted that "More land is required to grow the city dweller's food". Which as I pointed out I find hard to believe and would like to see supporting evidence for. Futher, if the CO2 production of subsistence farming methods for the same output is so much lower - why not switch all food production to those? I really would like to see something to support the claims in this article.