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Re:India’s ban on rice exports raises fear of global food pr... by rattlesnakedave on Friday July 21, 2023 @11:47AM (#36815226)
I'm not sure the Sam Kinison approach scales. We need cheaper cleaner energy. Growing food locally just shuffles the variables around for marginal emissions benefit with massive hits to scalability.
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Re:India’s ban on rice exports raises fear of global food pr... by xxpor on Friday July 21, 2023 @11:53AM (#36815323)
You don't even get a marginal emissions benefit. When you grow crops outside of their ideal climates, you end up emitting a lot more for things like fertilizer than whatever you emit for longer distance transportation.
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