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Originally Posted by blankall
Imported fruits and vegetables should be avoided at all costs. Transport carbon inputs are massive. The shipping industry is responsible for 3.1% of carbon output, and it's a relatively dirty type of that output.
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According to the US EPA, if we break down the US transportation CO2 emissions by sector, most shipping CO2 is coming from vehicles (trucks). Some is coming from air shipping. Very little is coming from trains or boats. Saying "Transport inputs are massive" ignores that some transportation is more energy intensive that others.
100 grams of beef contains 250 calories. 100 grams of berries contain about 57 calories. So you would need 500 grams for berries to equal the same calorie count.
According to the book I cited above, beef in general is 18kg of CO2 per kg of beef. Of which 9/10ths is production and only 1/10th is processing and transportation. That is far more than 5x the CO2 required to produce local, or even foreign sourced berries!!!