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grufty jim
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Jun 06, 2003, 21:39
I cited a Swedish study stating that the global food production and distribution system accounted for 60% of the average person's energy consumption.

After unearthing the actual work, it turns out the figures were for an "average family or household" rather than "average person". And the actual percentage is a shade under 57%.

There are two critical things to understand about this:

1. just how much energy can be saved through sourcing food locally.
2. just how damaging this would be to global trade and international markets. 'Cos all that energy being wasted still has to be bought and sold by people.

Anyways, the nice chap who carried out this research has put together a short summary of his work in English. I can't read Swedish, so have never read the original research, but the summary is fascinating (as it's one of the very very few in-depth studies carried out into this issue).

The relevant page of the summary can be found at:
http://www.holon.se/folke/worries/oildepl/energy.shtml
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