Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Dairy products and carbon emissions

About a year ago I switched to organic butter because it tastes (and keeps) better.

When I went to the emissions reduction target consultations and heard that some 16 percent of our greenhouse gas emissions come from nitrous oxides from nitrogen fertilizer use, I switched to organic milk as well (plus you can now get a low-fat version at Moore Wilson's and New World).

Now that Ravensdown and Solid Energy want to build a plant to convert lignite (brown coal) to urea, I'm going to break down and start buying organic cheese as well.

I never understood before that some fertilizers are literally made out of fossil fuels.

Why would we make fertilizer to grow more food to feed more people based on a resource that's going to run out one day? That's five kinds of crazy.

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