Comments on: High Gas Prices are ALL OUR FAULT. http://www.financialzen.com/2007/05/28/high-gas-prices-are-all-our-fault/ personal finance - a zen kind of journey Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:47:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: fivecentnickel.com http://www.financialzen.com/2007/05/28/high-gas-prices-are-all-our-fault/#comment-59 fivecentnickel.com Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:07:36 +0000 http://www.financialzen.com/2007/05/28/high-gas-prices-are-all-our-fault/#comment-59 <strong>Weekly Roundup - 06/01/07...</strong> Another week, another weekly roundup… But before we jump into the links, I just wanted to let you a heads up about something… In case you haven’t noticed, FiveCentNickel has been loading somewhat slowly recently. This is primarily due... Weekly Roundup - 06/01/07…

Another week, another weekly roundup… But before we jump into the links, I just wanted to let you a heads up about something… In case you haven’t noticed, FiveCentNickel has been loading somewhat slowly recently. This is primarily due…

]]> By: zen http://www.financialzen.com/2007/05/28/high-gas-prices-are-all-our-fault/#comment-56 zen Thu, 31 May 2007 04:27:32 +0000 http://www.financialzen.com/2007/05/28/high-gas-prices-are-all-our-fault/#comment-56 I am by no means an expert, but I will attempt to find some data to make the "vague assumptions" into "hard data." I am by no means an expert, but I will attempt to find some data to make the “vague assumptions” into “hard data.”

]]> By: Jay http://www.financialzen.com/2007/05/28/high-gas-prices-are-all-our-fault/#comment-54 Jay Tue, 29 May 2007 07:14:08 +0000 http://www.financialzen.com/2007/05/28/high-gas-prices-are-all-our-fault/#comment-54 I'm skeptical that buying food grown locally is necessarily better for the environment. For example, local farmers may be less efficient at growing their crops for a number of reasons. They may be just a small farm compared to large ones that benefit from economies of scale. They might require more work to grow products that take much less effort (ie are more efficient) to grow 500 miles away. My gut says it's possible that food grown elsewhere and trucked in could still be "better" for the environment than that grown locally due to various efficiency considerations. But I'm not making any claims as I have absolutely no idea which one is better. So, show me the data. I’m skeptical that buying food grown locally is necessarily better for the environment.

For example, local farmers may be less efficient at growing their crops for a number of reasons. They may be just a small farm compared to large ones that benefit from economies of scale. They might require more work to grow products that take much less effort (ie are more efficient) to grow 500 miles away.

My gut says it’s possible that food grown elsewhere and trucked in could still be “better” for the environment than that grown locally due to various efficiency considerations. But I’m not making any claims as I have absolutely no idea which one is better. So, show me the data.

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