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Thu 03 Mar 2009Carbon footprint solution in diet
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE:WE ARE all frequently exhorted to reduce our carbon footprint; that is, the amount of greenhouse gases, in equivalents of kilograms of carbon dioxide, that our personal lifestyles cause to be emitted to the atmosphere annually.
And we all know that we could reduce this footprint by cutting down on air and car travel, driving small cars or hybrid cars, insulating our homes, and so on. But did you know that the single most effective thing most of us could do in this respect is to change our diets to low-carbon diets? This would achieve two objectives in one, not only greatly reducing our carbon footprint but also providing us with a much healthier diet.
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