The earlier article on shifting our diets toward less meat consumption touched on the question of the CO2 lifecycle contribution of food production, processing, and distribution. While our...
The earlier article on shifting our diets toward less meat consumption touched on the question of the CO2 lifecycle contribution of food production, processing, and distribution.
While our individual choices make a difference, I found the below commentary interesting as it suggests a policy-level intervention in energy production, processing, and distribution which would have even greater impact on emissions.
Another way that varieties of oil and gas can differ is in their greenhouse gas emissions. Most of the lifecycle emissions from oil are released when it is burnt, but the differences in production, processing and transport are so great that they can make a significant difference to the total. The IEA calculates that in principle there would be large savings in emissions from shifting to less polluting sources, for example with lower leakage of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Switching from the highest-emitting sources to the lowest would cut total lifecycle emissions by 25 per cent for oil and 30 per cent for gas, it says.
Just FYI, you accidentally typed a / instead of > for the subscript closing tag so the rest of the sentence following CO2 was all rendered in subscript. ;)
Just FYI, you accidentally typed a / instead of > for the subscript closing tag so the rest of the sentence following CO2 was all rendered in subscript. ;)
The earlier article on shifting our diets toward less meat consumption touched on the question of the CO2 lifecycle contribution of food production, processing, and distribution.
While our individual choices make a difference, I found the below commentary interesting as it suggests a policy-level intervention in energy production, processing, and distribution which would have even greater impact on emissions.
Just FYI, you accidentally typed a / instead of > for the subscript closing tag so the rest of the sentence following CO2 was all rendered in subscript. ;)
D'oh! Fixed, thank you.