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Some sources e.g. http://www.fao.org/world-banana-forum/projects/good-practices/carbon-footprint/en/ http://www.fao.org/world-banana-forum/projects/good-practic
by PeterisP 5y ago
Some sources e.g. http://www.fao.org/world-banana-forum/projects/good-practices/carbon-footprint/en/ http://www.fao.org/world-banana-forum/projects/good-practice... assert that ~2/3 of banana GHG footprint is caused by transportation and storage, including things like refrigeration on ship.
It's probably still more efficient (both money-wise and GHG-wise) than growing bananas locally in UK; now that would need a lot of extra energy; but on the other hand it would be more efficient to eat food that normally grows locally in your climate instead of bananas.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoOfcourse that's true, but no-one is (or at least should be) eating multiple kilos of bananas, coffee and chocolate. They are not a staple food like meat and potatoes. All I am trying to say is that in the total carbon footprint of a person, they account for a miniscule part of the whole, and that things like a well insulated house, transport, etc. will be vastly more important