Carlo Petrini Quotes:
Ocupation: Journalist
Life: b. June 22, 1949
Birthday: June 22
If food was no longer obliged to make intercontinental journeys, but stayed part of a system in which it can be consumed over short distances, we would save a lot of energy and carbon dioxide emissions. And just think of what we would save in ecological terms without long-distance transportation, refrigeration, and packaging--which ends up on the garbage dump anyway--and storage, which steals time, space, and vast portions of nature and beauty.
topic: Distance, Journey, Thinking, Storage, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Emissions
