I have always had trouble with the argument that transportation of food did not have a big impact, and looked into it for my book. Everyone quotes an Our World in Data post, which is based on research by Poore and Nemecek, who measured the distances trucks travelled and the carbon emissions from standard transport. They ignored refrigeration, which significantly reduces mileage since the truck powers the refrigeration, and ignored refrigerant loss, which is about 20% per year of serious greenhouse gases. They basically ignored the cold chain that makes bringing lettuce and strawberries from California possible, and totals about 4% of global emissions. And now we are getting more local food in the Northeast and Canada from vast natural gas fired greenhouses. In short, we have to eat local AND seasonal.
Yes! Lloyd, you were the one to correct me on this about a year ago, and I wrote on the subject. For the review of the book the locavore thing was a poor example for me to choose. Patrick-Goudreau gets a lot of things right, though. You and I agree on Abundance. There is very little in the book of value. It just seemed like they thought about their topics, but only so much.
Keep talking about it. Most people just want easy ways to feed their families. For instance, when I started reading your publication last year, I switched from ground beef to ground turkey in pasta and tacos, with no complaints from the family. Small step toward a little less impact👍
Thank you so much, Paul, for your review of A Year of Compassion. I appreciate it so much and will be sharing with my peeps! It's so funny to read what you found was a "heavier lift" — keeping leashes around. I thought you would have said something else. :) It's just so interesting to see what is easier and harder for folks. Thank you again, and I'm glad I found you (thanks to you)! 😁
I have always had trouble with the argument that transportation of food did not have a big impact, and looked into it for my book. Everyone quotes an Our World in Data post, which is based on research by Poore and Nemecek, who measured the distances trucks travelled and the carbon emissions from standard transport. They ignored refrigeration, which significantly reduces mileage since the truck powers the refrigeration, and ignored refrigerant loss, which is about 20% per year of serious greenhouse gases. They basically ignored the cold chain that makes bringing lettuce and strawberries from California possible, and totals about 4% of global emissions. And now we are getting more local food in the Northeast and Canada from vast natural gas fired greenhouses. In short, we have to eat local AND seasonal.
And don’t get me started about abundance!
Yes! Lloyd, you were the one to correct me on this about a year ago, and I wrote on the subject. For the review of the book the locavore thing was a poor example for me to choose. Patrick-Goudreau gets a lot of things right, though. You and I agree on Abundance. There is very little in the book of value. It just seemed like they thought about their topics, but only so much.
sorry about that, I would not have repeated myself!
Keep talking about it. Most people just want easy ways to feed their families. For instance, when I started reading your publication last year, I switched from ground beef to ground turkey in pasta and tacos, with no complaints from the family. Small step toward a little less impact👍
Thank you so much, Paul, for your review of A Year of Compassion. I appreciate it so much and will be sharing with my peeps! It's so funny to read what you found was a "heavier lift" — keeping leashes around. I thought you would have said something else. :) It's just so interesting to see what is easier and harder for folks. Thank you again, and I'm glad I found you (thanks to you)! 😁