The local industrial complex? Questioning the link between local foods and energy use
The local industrial complex? Questioning the link between local foods and energy use
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当地的工业园区？
DOI：
10.1007/s10460-008-9115-3
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
M. Mariola
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作者：
M. Mariola
当地食品已经成为可持续农业运动中冉冉升起的新星，部分原因是人们认为食品在较短的距离内运输可以提高能源效率。在这篇文章中，我批评了四个关键假设，它们是当地食物和能源之间这种联系的基础。然后，我描述了这一批评所暗示的两个相互矛盾的结论。一方面，地方粮食系统可能需要更广泛和更综合的交通基础设施来实现可持续性。另一方面，当地食品的生产、运输和消费基本上与长途食品一样依赖化石燃料。需要对食品系统中的能源使用采取更全面的方法，以确定哪些特定的社会技术因素优化了能量的可持续性。
Local food has become the rising star of the sustainable agriculture movement, in part because of the energy efficiencies thought to be gained when food travels shorter distances. In this essay I critique four key assumptions that underlie this connection between local foods and energy. I then describe two competing conclusions implied by the critique. On the one hand, local food systems may need a more extensive and integrated transportation infrastructure to achieve sustainability. On the other hand, the production, transportation, and consumption of local foods are fundamentally as reliant on fossil fuels as are long distance foods. A more holistic approach to energy use in the food system is needed to determine which particular sociotechnical factors optimize energetic sustainability.