"As a cyclist, you claim to care about the environment, yet you consume food. Checkmate libs!"
"As a cyclist, you claim to care about the environment, yet you consume food. Checkmate libs!"
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Yeah, their comment is a joke, but it does mention real things that are real problems with our food supply chain. Some of which could be mitigated by growing locally. Because somebody at some point made a problem with vehicles, and they "solved" it with vehicles.
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Growing locally isn't the panecea one might think. The extra energy that goes into trying to get crops to grow outside of their ideal region can entirely offset the transportation energy savings. One semi truck driving cross country would release a ton of CO2, but you can pack literally tons of apples into one semi truck for example
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Okay, now you're doing what the OP was joking about, but seriously. Why wouldn't we simply grow local crops that grow well locally, and think of those crops that don't grow well locally as luxury items that need to be imported?
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Yeah for real. Also there's levels of local. I grow as much as I can in my yard and maintain a compost. So long as I rotate correctly it's basically forever sustainable (unless something wild happened like the climate changing for some reason). Now there's an argument that it's more efficient to grow at a neighborhood level esp as not everyone can have a yard - and I'm all for it. Tear up half the streets and plant gardens instead, won't hear me complain
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