You are conflating a pure CO2 calculation to a calculation of other, more harmful in the short term, pollutants. Also worth figuring that if all your electricity is coming from coal your farms probably aren’t burning clean stuff for power either.
Perhaps, but that is an awful way of comparing things. You simply cannot ignore all of the pollutants that accompany CO2 from exhaust.
Classic example. If we’re talking only CO2. Motorcycles are then more “environmentally friendly” than cars. But once you factor in all of the pollutants from their respective exhaust. Cars will be more “environmentally friendly”. This is mostly due to the lack of catalyzer on motorcycles.
Why would you burn stuff for power on a farm?
Just strap 10 cyclists to the flywheel of your combine and let them “exercise”.
Instead of using trucks to carry your produce, use a cyclists’ relay, with each cycle fitted with a little container on the back (make sure it’s aero though :P).
Of course you would need to clean up the air near the roads though. I am not cycling in smoke filled areas.
You are conflating a pure CO2 calculation to a calculation of other, more harmful in the short term, pollutants. Also worth figuring that if all your electricity is coming from coal your farms probably aren’t burning clean stuff for power either.
I’m not. There are so many pollutants from coal, besides CO2.
Indeed, but the original point was a pure measurement of CO2 per mile, disregarding all other pollutants and factors.
Perhaps, but that is an awful way of comparing things. You simply cannot ignore all of the pollutants that accompany CO2 from exhaust.
Classic example. If we’re talking only CO2. Motorcycles are then more “environmentally friendly” than cars. But once you factor in all of the pollutants from their respective exhaust. Cars will be more “environmentally friendly”. This is mostly due to the lack of catalyzer on motorcycles.
Why would you burn stuff for power on a farm?
Just strap 10 cyclists to the flywheel of your combine and let them “exercise”.
Instead of using trucks to carry your produce, use a cyclists’ relay, with each cycle fitted with a little container on the back (make sure it’s aero though :P).
Of course you would need to clean up the air near the roads though. I am not cycling in smoke filled areas.