Yeah, this is something I struggle with. My grandmother once made a huge effort to find these aluminum water bottles that were theoretically better for the environment and were made locally. Later on they turned out to be made in China, like everything else.
I’ve also been reading some stuff suggesting that driving a few extra miles to go to a remote but “local” farm ends up costing more oil, since the food produced overseas is shipped in huge bulk that works out to be more efficient.
Oil consumption isn’t the only thing that matters, but does make for a metric that should at least be possible to come up with.
Yeah, this is something I struggle with. My grandmother once made a huge effort to find these aluminum water bottles that were theoretically better for the environment and were made locally. Later on they turned out to be made in China, like everything else.
I’ve also been reading some stuff suggesting that driving a few extra miles to go to a remote but “local” farm ends up costing more oil, since the food produced overseas is shipped in huge bulk that works out to be more efficient.
Oil consumption isn’t the only thing that matters, but does make for a metric that should at least be possible to come up with.