Because shipping enables us to source products from much more distant locations; this can cancel out a chunk of that per-KM advantage. It might still be true th

Because shipping enables us to source products from much more distant locations; this can cancel out a chunk of that per-KM advantage. It might still be true that in many instances shipping is better for the environment than local production plus rail transport. However since we’ve elected to misprice carbon externalities, there’s no reason to believe we’re getting this right.