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> I recall another study showing that it was more carbon efficient buying frozen mutton from New Zealand in London than it was buying local fresh mutton. I wou
by brnt 6y ago
> I recall another study showing that it was more carbon efficient buying frozen mutton from New Zealand in London than it was buying local fresh mutton.
I wouldn't mind seeing that calculation!
- bryanlarsen 6y ago> The research showed that for each tonne of NZ lamb produced and imported, 688kg of CO2 is emitted. When compared to the 2849.1kg of CO2 emitted in UK production, the most sustainable lamb would appear to be that from NZ. https://www.ecoandbeyond.co/articles/british-new-zealand-lamb/ https://www.ecoandbeyond.co/articles/british-new-zealand-lam...
- brnt 6y agoThanks! See table 5: https://researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10182/4317/food_miles.pdf https://researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10182... NZ-UK Transport does take about 20% of the energy budget, so it's not insignificant, but farming lamb is just a lot less energy intensive in NZ.