Environmental Cost of Shipping Groceries
An article I read today in the New York Times that kinda pissed me off. Here are some of the key points. This activated my anti-corporate thoughts. In a world with this many people it seems to me that corporate culture will have to exist, I am trying to come to terms with how that can be done in a positive way. That is when I’m not pissed off at corporations and ultimately my fellow people for being so greedy.
“The food and transport industries say the issue is more complicated. The debate has put some companies on the defensive, including Tesco, Britain’s largest supermarket chain, known as a vocal promoter of green initiatives.”
“Some of those companies say that they are working to limit greenhouse gases produced by their businesses but that the question is how to do it. They oppose regulation and new taxes and, partly in an effort to head them off, are advocating consumer education instead.”
“Tesco, for instance, is introducing a labeling system that will let consumers assess a product’s carbon footprint.”
“Mr. Datson of Tesco acknowledged that there were environmental consequences to the increased distances food travels, but he said his company was merely responding to consumer appetites. “The offer and range has been growing because our customers want things like snap peas year round,” Mr. Datson said. “We don’t see our job as consumer choice editing.””