Comments rooraa has made

Supermarket Efficiency?!

Tom writes:

"The piece cites a British government report, concluding that "a shift toward a local food system, and away from a supermarket-based food system, with its central distribution depots, lean supply chains, and big, full trucks, might actually increase the number of food-vehicle miles being traveled locally, because things would move around in a larger number of smaller, less efficiently packed vehicles."

I'd like to recommend to everyone George Monbiot's new book, Heat, in it he discusses how "efficient" the supermarket system really is. To cheekily quote a paragraph of the book:

"Freight transport arrangements, for example, seem almost perversely designed to maximise the distance travelled. Among the examples I came across when researching another book (Captive State) was that of the vegetables being sold in two superstores in Evesham in Worcestershire, in central England. They had been grown just 2 kilometres from the town. First they were trucked to Herefordshire, some 70 kilometres away, then another 130 kilometres or so to a pack-house in Dyfed in south Wales, then a further 290 kilometres to a distribution depot in Manchester, then 180 kilometres back to Evesham."

He also goes on to discuss how much energy the stores actually use, which is obscene. Heat, is a guide on how to reduce our emissions by 90%, practically, and still living in something resembling our society now. I'd recommend all to check out monbiot.com if you haven't already!

rich
youmaysayimadreamer.comOn Why The Economist's recent assault on "ethical food" missed the mark posted 2 years, 10 months ago 16 Responses