Monday, September 24, 2007

Shouldn't do what it says on the tin

Food Flight! The Argument Over Flying Organic Food - Is one of those that in most ways is sad, but in others make you giggle when you shouldn't.

Just how the Soil Association can figure removing an organic label from something airflown defeats me purely as a matter of language. The two are different, and distinct.

But it also shows the knots the various competing nanny-movements are getting themselves into, and dragging us down with them as well.

Especially when I read this: We at TreeHugger would hope that viable alternative jet fuels or solar powered planes or those using zero-emission fuel cell technology would come into play before it comes to that.

Solar powered planes! Today I am having trouble lighting a bulb with a 1sqm array.

Indy - It would be neither fair nor helpful to ban all air freight

I'm not sure '...only one tenth of carbon emissions from food transportation-, and growing is quite the thing to dismiss.

And while I agree that wasting less food would be far more effective I just wonder how? In fact, taking our own family, some of the most vilified packaging initiatives seem to be helping: individual salad or one person portions, as examples.

The rest is fair discussion.

Indy letters - Food air-freighted from Africa

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