Saturday, December 10, 2011

If you really think that fossil fuel use causes hurricanes, should you believe that growing flowers in Kenya, then flying them to Britain prevents hurricanes?

Kenya flower farms to pool projects to form grand carbon credit scheme - Business |theeastafrican.co.ke

With the programme, Kenya will bolster its stand that flowers produced in the country emit less carbon despite being airlifted to outside markets, said Mr Mutimba.  

Four years ago, there was a major debate in Europe as claims gained currency that airlifting flowers and other horticultural produce resulted in a huge carbon footprint, with some activists clamouring for a boycott of air freighted produce.

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