wageslaveonbike
08-01-06, 06:00 PM
I love oatmeal, pototoes are pretty nice too, mashed, scalloped, fried, hmmm... The bigger problem is how much does processing, trucking, and selling even the most energy efficient food cost? And when we start futzing with it, it really goes up. Take cereal from the Harpers article, at four calories of fossil fuel to a calorie of energy, before it's been shipped/stocked, it's not a great example of "whole grain" energy efficiency and may be pretty close to to 10:1 due to it's lack of density and higher cost to transport compared to potatoes. You know what would be nice, a list so we could break down costs...
Either way, the innefficiency of meat is still enormous compared to plant foods. I'm not sure, but I think they already factored in processing and packaging.
Either way, the innefficiency of meat is still enormous compared to plant foods. I'm not sure, but I think they already factored in processing and packaging.
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