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by zbyte64 3667 days ago
If it is an off season then transportation is from the other side of the globe.
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The farmer pulling a turnip trailer thirty miles to the local Friday Farmer's market with an F350 dually can easily consume more energy and produce more CO2 per turnip than one shipped at industrial scale half round the world. The "last mile" can often be the least efficient.
Still a very small part of the total cost.