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For every unit of food, there is a unit of oil to produce food. I'm not sure what the ratio would be, but it surely must be there.
by loonster 4y ago
For every unit of food, there is a unit of oil to produce food. I'm not sure what the ratio would be, but it surely must be there.
- lovemenot 4y agoWhat you say is right. And I realise that heavenlyblue is saying much the same. It seems to be about where to account for the emissions. I suppose walking in a foreign city is not accounted because agricultural production, transport, hospitality etc. already is accounted elsewhere. There's surely a need to join up all the accounting up though.
- heavenlyblue 4y agoI meant "walking TO a foreign city". For example, imagine that I am taking an intercontinental flight in 8 hours: - I spend 8 hours flying from London to Mumbai. The majority of my CO2 emissions come from the plane jet engines. - I spend a month walking between London and Mumbai. The majority of my CO2 emissions come from the food I consume. Note if I DID fly I would not have spent that 1 month eating, BNBing, using Air Con for a month. Which means that is the CO2 cost of my month-length walk.