Whilst the world scrambles to switch to electric vehicles to save our planet failing to consider the impact of mining for lithium and cobalt. Perhaps the bigger question should be how we plan to deliver this extra demand on our failing National Grid when demand outstrips our capacity to supply.
Significantly new builds should have capacity to generate their own power, factories warehouse facilities ans supermarkets should be built with solar capability to significantly contribute to their own consumption.
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One way in which every household can play its part is in reducing food waste at this festive time of year we were shocked to learn throwing away just a single portion of Christmas dinner produces the same carbon emissions as having your Christmas lights on every day in December. That’s a set of 500 fairy lights, on for a grand total of 155 hours! Read the full article here: http://throwing away just a single portion of Christmas dinner produces the same carbon emissions as having your Christmas lights on every day in December. That’s a set of 500 fairy lights, on for a grand total of 155 hours!
Currently an area larger than China and 25 per cent of the world’s fresh water supply is used to grow food that is never eaten, according to the United Nations.
At the current rate, an additional 2.3bn people will be on the planet by 2050 – which will require a 60-70 per cent increase in global food production unless we dramatically reduce our food waste. Food waste in the home costs the average UK household £700 per year. So the increasing focus on farming being a contributor to global warming really does not stack up, when we export and import foods from all over the world by air and sea with its significant carbon footprint, instead it is better to buy local from your own country of origin and switch to in season options.
Living on our family farm we recognise the value of inputs to the food chain, feeding sheep, pigs and chickens is costly just to break even. Our self catering guest accommodation is eye opening on the potential for left over food being disguarded at the end of a stay, as a result we ask our guests to leave any unwanted items in the fridge so we can prevent this from going straight to landfil.
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