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0 pointsfennecfoxy1y ago0 comments

But balance that with centralised farms meaning that food needs to be distributed which is currently very bad for the environment. Shipping oranges from Spain is not exactly carbon friendly.

A combination of clean energy transportation/more local growing would help.

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oblio1y ago

People generally want a varied diet and lots of stuff only grows in specific places (or only grows well in specific places). So reducing shipping, maybe, but I wouldn't count on it.

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0 pointsfennecfoxy1y ago0 comments

But balance that with centralised farms meaning that food needs to be distributed which is currently very bad for the environment. Shipping oranges from Spain is not exactly carbon friendly.

A combination of clean energy transportation/more local growing would help.

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oblio1y ago

People generally want a varied diet and lots of stuff only grows in specific places (or only grows well in specific places). So reducing shipping, maybe, but I wouldn't count on it.

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