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...and yet 1/3rd of the food is thrown away/perish globally. There is a lot of excessive waste / inefficiencies due to energy being -- relatively -- cheap. If
by dagss 6y ago
...and yet 1/3rd of the food is thrown away/perish globally.
There is a lot of excessive waste / inefficiencies due to energy being -- relatively -- cheap.
If energy prices soar, many inefficiencies will get more attention. Like, if food becomes more expensive we would stop throwing away 1/3 of it. (And more houses would get proper insulation. And so on.)
- iggldiggl 6y agoAt least part of which is a necessary hedge against possible years with a bad harvest, though. A temporary shortage of toilet paper or even microchips is one thing, but you most certainly wouldn't want the same thing to happen with your food supply.