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Old 01-18-2005, 08:52 AM   #36
shamrock_uk
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Join Date: January 24, 2004
Location: UK
Age: 41
Posts: 3,092
Food is always the worst because if you buy non-local produce the mileage that it does to get to your table is truly astounding (read hundreds or even thousands of miles in total depending on the product). We studied a few examples in economics and it was pretty incredible. And on top of direct costs of transportation, you have all the invisible costs of pollution from that transport, damage caused by the extraction of oil for the fuel used etc.
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