wood or petroleum (paper or plastic)? local conventionally grown food or organic shipped from across the country? table scraps for biogas. termite bellies for their enzymes which convert biomass to biofuels. the bean found in africa that can be grown in the most arid environment between rows of food crops which has been discovered to be an efficient source of energy when burned.
it's hard to avoid the green discussion. we are confronted with it daily: at the pump, the grocery store, at home with our lights, our heat, our energy bills. what's better: make a decision based on one's personal health or the health of people and places we may never go nor meet. many of the world's pesticides are manufactured in countries far away from america. these pesticides end up locally, though, going into our food supply. transported food requires fossil fuels. we know what that does to the air. not all local food is pesticide free. see where i'm going? how do we calculate the toll from shipping healthier food long distances to picking them up locally with pesticides which rot the earth nearby and further away where they are manufactured?
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