Re: OT - Re: Program templates as Object Classes

From: Richard (riplin_at_Azonic.co.nz)
Date: 12/08/04 

Date: 7 Dec 2004 22:04:24 -0800

> It doesn't say the 17% includes transportation of food nor irrigation
> water nor manufacture of fertilizer.

""" ... and to manufacture and transport chemical inputs such as
fertilizers and pesticides."""

> That adds .20 * .33 = 7% of total energy consumption, a higher
> percentage of fossil fuel. The total might now be 25-27% of fossil
> fuel.

The actual transport percentage is less that 1/3 given at
http://www.phy.syr.edu/courses/modules/ENERGY/ENERGY_POLICY/energy_end.gif

Probably 25% so maybe you could scape it to 22% for _ALL_ food.

> I give up. Fossil fuel consumed by agriculture appears to be 20-30%.
I
> know from land use statistics that about half of US farmland produces
> animal food. So roughly 10% of fossil energy consumption goes to meat
> .. down from one third.

Thank you.

Given that much of that is transport, freezing, processing, fertiliser
and pesticide production, then reducing meat and replacing this with
more other foods is unlikely to make much difference to the energy
consumption.

I suspect, however, that many Americans could be better off by eating
much less (and driving much less and ..) and this would be better for
the rest of us too.

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