Eating Less Meat And Junk Food Could Cut Fossil Energy Fuel Use Almost In Half

ScienceDaily | Jul. 24, 2008 (News Report)

An estimated 19 percent of total energy used in the USA is taken up in the production and supply of food. Currently, this mostly comes from non-renewable energy sources which are in short supply. It is therefore of paramount importance that ways of reducing this significant fuel consumption in the US food system are found. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The article reports on the study. The article itself presents the conclusions, but not much of the supportive information behind the conclusions. Also, the only mechanism identified for making the changes is changes in consumer habits, which seems to be a rather limited and slow subset of the various mechanisms possible. Agricultural subsidies for production that makes high use of artificial fertilizers, pesticides, hormones, and genetically modified organisms do not get a mention.

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