"John Stumbles" wrote in message
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On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:20:43 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

True - but no one site can possibly have accurate figures on this. You
can make an educated guess yourself.

I can guess that something made in China has a bigger carbon footprint
than the same thing made in the UK because of transposrt

The difference is possibly less than you think. The latest container ships
carry around 6,000 - 7,500 40ft containers. The distance the goods have to
travel by lorry from the docks or from a UK manufacturer is probably a more
important factor than whether they have come halfway around the world first.

Colin Bignell