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By *hagTonight OP Man 5 weeks ago
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I heard something interesting, somebody decided to have a cheese sandwich, he was surprised when he looked at the back of the packaging, it said on the back the usual. salt, sugars, fat, but at the end it said energy, that is what he was surprised about, it said 11.2% what is that you are wondering?
Well. I will tell you, it is the carbon allowance, but what does it mean? He showed on the back and it said "The percentage shows you how much of a uk adults 2469g dietary carbon daily allowance this sandwich uses, that 11.2% tells how much c02 were used to make the sandwich.
What is your view about it, is this something that we should we be worried about the daily dietary carbon emissions?
Does it tell us that food will be restricted in the future and you will only be allowed to eat certain amount of carbon food or is it a good way of tracking our carbon emission? I dont think we need to worry so much about it  |
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When I was a young lad we ate seasonal food
Strawberries were available for a few weeks in the summer. Now people want the same foods all year around. So they either come from abroad or are part frozen so they last for the year. This is why such things like apples go mushy quite quickly as they are stored in a state where they are neither frozen or allowed to rot
People brought New Zealand lamb rather than Welsh lamb
So as long as we desire the same food to be eaten all year and stop eating seasonally or as locally as possible there will always be an issue
Or
Maybe it’s another justification for additional taxes
Just my thoughts |
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I think all the people that are concerned about this should continue to live in abject fear and sadness and just stay at home.
This will leave much more of the world as a happy place for the rest of us to enjoy.
Thanks for your sacrifice on my behalf.  |
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"I think all the people that are concerned about this should continue to live in abject fear and sadness and just stay at home.
This will leave much more of the world as a happy place for the rest of us to enjoy.
Thanks for your sacrifice on my behalf. "
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"I heard something interesting, somebody decided to have a cheese sandwich, he was surprised when he looked at the back of the packaging, it said on the back the usual. salt, sugars, fat, but at the end it said energy, that is what he was surprised about, it said 11.2% what is that you are wondering?
Well. I will tell you, it is the carbon allowance, but what does it mean? He showed on the back and it said "The percentage shows you how much of a uk adults 2469g dietary carbon daily allowance this sandwich uses, that 11.2% tells how much c02 were used to make the sandwich.
What is your view about it, is this something that we should we be worried about the daily dietary carbon emissions?
Does it tell us that food will be restricted in the future and you will only be allowed to eat certain amount of carbon food or is it a good way of tracking our carbon emission? I dont think we need to worry so much about it "
I guess the responsibility lies with us but the reality will be felt by our children and our childrens children ,so yes we should pay attention to it ,try and buy fresh .Cheese is a difficult one mind. |
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Taylor Swift makes multiple private flights a week...but I have to eat seasonal food.
Sorry, but while the super rich and flying/sailing all over the world pumping out literally tons of CO2, having seasonal veg, or using a glass bottle doesn't mean shit 🤷♂️ |
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By *hagTonight OP Man 5 weeks ago
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"When I was a young lad we ate seasonal food
Strawberries were available for a few weeks in the summer. Now people want the same foods all year around. So they either come from abroad or are part frozen so they last for the year. This is why such things like apples go mushy quite quickly as they are stored in a state where they are neither frozen or allowed to rot
People brought New Zealand lamb rather than Welsh lamb
So as long as we desire the same food to be eaten all year and stop eating seasonally or as locally as possible there will always be an issue
Or
Maybe it’s another justification for additional taxes
Just my thoughts "
Yes. I also think that it could be justification for additional taxes too. |
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It has absolutely fuck all to do with carbon emissions in terms of climate change etc. It's all about metabolised energy.
Christ, people see the word carbon or CO2 and instantly jump to the wrong conclusion. |
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It's a very interesting point that industry and governments have released their responsibilities for Carbon and tried to get individuals to assume it instead.
It's for governments and industries to make the substantial changes, which can be enhanced by what citizens do |
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Raynor foods have been doing a lot of work to get to this level of product carbon footprinting - I find it really interesting. If you Google the S3 project you can see some of the work they've done, and I'm sure it will have an impact on other manufacturers in future.
Faced with an array of options in a supermarket at lunchtime I wouldn't instinctively know which ones had higher carbon intensities, so having that data to hand would be a benefit when I'm comparing them.
It's similar to nutritional info, isn't it? If I'm not on a diet I don't really care how many calories are in my butty. If I'm trying to lose weight the info is useful for me to compare my options and find the balance that suits me best.
Having tried to get product carbon footprints for ingredients it's not an easy thing, and I'd suspect that there are a LOT of assumptions in the data being used. Right now I'm guessing the numbers will be all but meaningless until companies have a better grip on the true scale of their scope 3 emissions so there's more actual data to use.
I don't believe we'll have carbon rationing any more than having calorie counts led to calorie rationing - it's information for anyone who wants it. |
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By *hagTonight OP Man 5 weeks ago
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"Raynor foods have been doing a lot of work to get to this level of product carbon footprinting - I find it really interesting. If you Google the S3 project you can see some of the work they've done, and I'm sure it will have an impact on other manufacturers in future.
Faced with an array of options in a supermarket at lunchtime I wouldn't instinctively know which ones had higher carbon intensities, so having that data to hand would be a benefit when I'm comparing them.
It's similar to nutritional info, isn't it? If I'm not on a diet I don't really care how many calories are in my butty. If I'm trying to lose weight the info is useful for me to compare my options and find the balance that suits me best.
Having tried to get product carbon footprints for ingredients it's not an easy thing, and I'd suspect that there are a LOT of assumptions in the data being used. Right now I'm guessing the numbers will be all but meaningless until companies have a better grip on the true scale of their scope 3 emissions so there's more actual data to use.
I don't believe we'll have carbon rationing any more than having calorie counts led to calorie rationing - it's information for anyone who wants it."
Hi _uriousscouser, yes, this sandwich was from raynor foods, same here. I also find it interesting too |
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