In message , polygonum
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On 21/12/2014 11:43, Dennis@home wrote:
It costs next to no CO2 to send stuff to china, the empty container
ships are going there anyway.

Even if it were the case that the container ships use not even one
extra joule nor emit a single extra molecule of CO2, the transport from
numerous collecting points to the ships ain't going to be without any
CO2 emissions.


And in terms of ton/mile is probably not insignificant.


Adrian
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