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As long as it is acceptable to the majority of consumers then it is workable.
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That didn't answer the question, though.
What I had asked, was :
"is it possible to have a workable food-miles scheme among the general populace, which is also meaningful enough to be worth having ?"
Whether or not something is acceptable to the majority of the general masses, that in itself is irrelevant in deciding whether or not that thing is meaningful.
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Thirty miles isn't a very large area.
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Oh ? It seems pretty large, to me....
For example, when is the last time that you walked 30 miles ?
That's around the width of the island where I live.
You didn't mention...
Do you agree with them, when they say that within 30 miles ought to be considered 'local' , while outside 30 miles ought not to be ?
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The whole ethos of local food is not the mileage, but the transportation involved I think.
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It really does seem that way to me sometimes, and it seems so ridiculous.
Some people like to make a big moral brouhaha regarding the transportation element of carrots which have been flown from England to Scotland - but at the same time, will quietly tuck into their ship-freighted-then-trucked-for-hundreds-of-miles peas from Germany, apples from france, and olives from Greece without a concern in the world.
Because, you know, they haven't been flown anywhere - so what's the problem ?
Doesn't that seem a bit inconsistent to you, though ?
It certainly does, to me.
