Re: Greenness of cycling?

"MarkK" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Simon Brooke" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:jdodt2-
>
>> Don't you bother to read /anything/ before replying?
>
> I do, but I misunderstood what you meant by this bit:
> "The food produced by farmers in Britain has, I believe, one twenty
> seventh
> of the calorific value of the fossil fuels burned by farmers to produce
> it,
> by hauliers to transport it, and in chemical fertilisers and pesticides
> used
> to regulate its growth."
>
> You've made it much clearer & it's a bit of an eye-opener for me, I must
> admit.

And an eye opener for me too.


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