 | The Bullroarer - Friday 30th November 2007 | The Oil Drum: Australia/New Zealand | Australia, The Place to Be: Part 3b |  |
64 comments on Food Miles in Australia
Comments can no longer be added to this story.
| Show without comments | PDF version
64 comments on Food Miles in Australia
Comments can no longer be added to this story.
| Show without comments | PDF version
User login
Contact
- anz at theoildrum dot com
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Archives
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
GAIA Host Collective
So basically it's a lifestyle choice. I can understand that, I just haven't seen it expressed like that. I got the impression there was more to it.
What more is there than lifestyle choice ?
The tricky part comes in when people who have made the poor choices begin to suffer the consequences, what burden will be forced onto those that have made wise choices.
Maybe "lifestyle choice" was the wrong expression. What I meant it that some people buy designer clothes because it make them feel better, i.e. it's an expression of personal freedom of little consequence.
However you are now apparently contradicting yourself, by saying it's also about sustainability. I would say that is a lot more than just "feeling good".
There is no contradiction. It is about both.
Just like I can decide not to smoke cigarettes and stay in shape because it makes me feel good. If you elect to smoke and be a couch potato, eventually you will suffer the consequences.
Everybody want to 'feel good' I think. It's about taste to some extent and some other thing that is harder to describe.
The taste aspect is simple - the locally grown vegetables and meats and dairy have better flavor. My local diner makes better hamburgers and omletts than McDonalds. Some people may not have a better choice than McDonalds or they may not care as long as it is cheaper and they get more.
Another aspect of feeling good is as I said, harder to describe. It has more to do with a sense of accomplishment, self sufficiency, security, and acknowledgement of the future.
Well you confuse me there because smokers say they smoke because it "makes them feel good". To be honest, introducing subjective judgements about taste and longevity is muddying the water and confusing the real issue.
Presumably, if local produce was less sustainable, you would not "feel good" about it. The fundamental point is that local production is considered more sustainable. All the other stuff you mention is window dressing designed to "sell" sustainability.
That's just it, and why the public process can be so confusing as well - people value different things on a whole range of issues. If this isn;t realized, then the whole discussion becomes muddied.
As to sustainability, some value the future (why I do not know, but I do) and therefore care about sustainability and think it's generally a good thing, while others put less value on future conditions and therefore are at least neutral on sustainability.