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Why is the Uk agricultural industry becoming almost “obsessed by carbon free farming”???
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<blockquote data-quote="Foxhollow" data-source="post: 7441402" data-attributes="member: 520"><p>The concept of carbon neutral is impossible to achieve. Then to apply it to only a small segment of a supply chain is even more absurd. As we have all read on this forum about the dairy and cattle carbon footprint which does not take into account the grazing aspect and the spreading of muck back onto the fields. That just demonstrates that the carbon usage calculations are flawed. It is just people playing with numbers and assumptions to achieve what they want to present. It is no different to people doing surveys/polls and then using statistics to prove their point.</p><p>What is even more mind boggling is that major oil producers are saying that they will become carbon neutral yet what they extract goes on to produce the greatest emitters of carbon. It is also the same with electric vehicles being promoted as so green, environmentally friendly, carbon efficient. Yet if someone did the whole supply chain calculation from cradle to grave of carbon usage from manufacture, usage of energy, production of energy and disposal of vehicle it is not much different to a ICE vehicle. Yes an electric vehicle is cleaner in terms of direct particle emissions around it. Do not get me wrong I do see the electric vehicles as being good and will be the future, but they are selling the concept of it being the savior to the planet. It will only be one part just as farming will have its part to play but everyone in the long supply chain needs to be in tune with each other.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Foxhollow, post: 7441402, member: 520"] The concept of carbon neutral is impossible to achieve. Then to apply it to only a small segment of a supply chain is even more absurd. As we have all read on this forum about the dairy and cattle carbon footprint which does not take into account the grazing aspect and the spreading of muck back onto the fields. That just demonstrates that the carbon usage calculations are flawed. It is just people playing with numbers and assumptions to achieve what they want to present. It is no different to people doing surveys/polls and then using statistics to prove their point. What is even more mind boggling is that major oil producers are saying that they will become carbon neutral yet what they extract goes on to produce the greatest emitters of carbon. It is also the same with electric vehicles being promoted as so green, environmentally friendly, carbon efficient. Yet if someone did the whole supply chain calculation from cradle to grave of carbon usage from manufacture, usage of energy, production of energy and disposal of vehicle it is not much different to a ICE vehicle. Yes an electric vehicle is cleaner in terms of direct particle emissions around it. Do not get me wrong I do see the electric vehicles as being good and will be the future, but they are selling the concept of it being the savior to the planet. It will only be one part just as farming will have its part to play but everyone in the long supply chain needs to be in tune with each other. [/QUOTE]
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