"Food That travels Well' generated quite a response. The NYT printed six letters on this which is a lot for one article/topic.?Both of these?links are to the same page so at least one should work.?The first letter is also in support of the carbon tax.
Jeanne (From The Climate Crisus Newsfeed) Carbon Tax Would Encourage Energy Efficient Agriculture. Letter to the Editor by Jessica Avery, The New York Times, August 11, 2007. "In Food That Travels Well (Op-Ed, Aug. 6), James E. McWilliams explains something counterintuitive: sometimes foods with low 'food miles' can squander more carbon than foods that have traveled further to get to you. So what's the environmentally concerned consumer to do? How about asking for a sensible carbon tax on fossil fuels, so that the lamb chop that consumed vast quantities of carbon in the form of feed fertilizers, jet fuel and diesel would cost more than the lamp chop that consumed less, wherever it was raised?" ? ? Buying Local Food Is Still Better (6 Letters) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/opinion/l12food.html?_r=1&oref=slogin ? ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
