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Re:These 10 companies control all foods you buy by bmn__ on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @08:51AM (#26328263)
That doesn't make sense. A cargo ship does not pick up food from a farm or slaughterhouse and does not deliver food products into my fridge.

So, it's a truck and a freight train and a ship and a truck for foreign produced food, and only a truck for locally produced food.

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Re:These 10 companies control all foods you buy by ars on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @10:26AM (#26329542)
A truck for locally produced food is not usually full nor efficiently packed.

Rather the farmer will grab a little of this, and a little of that. Whatever he can sell the day. This uses far more energy.

And don't forget the energy needed to harvest the food - large growers do it in bulk, small farmers will need to fire up the tractor for short runs.

A cargo ship uses FAR FAR FAR less energy than you might imagine. Even shipping something by rail across the US uses less energy than driving to the next city.

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