More and more frequently, fruits, vegetables, meats and other flowers from around the world we are offered in shops. When these products are shipped to Belgium (or Europe) by air, the energy cost is extremely high, with CO2 emissions standards out of 60 times more than transport by sea.
For example, the only airline of one kilo ...
- of strawberries Israel emits 2.6 kg of CO2, equivalent to 1 liter of oil.
- of Peru's asparagus emits 8.4 kg of CO2, equivalent to 3.1 liters of oil.
- of beef from Argentina emits 9 kg of CO2 equivalent to 3.4 liters of oil.
- to lamb from New Zealand emits 15kg of CO2, equivalent to 5.6 liters of oil.
This practice is not new but in the current climate, it becomes challenging. I do not want to ban imports of fresh produce, but as a consumer, I wish I could do my choice knowingly .
That's why I appeal to democratic political parties in Belgium to set laws in this field and make distributors the application logo (a red airplane and a blue boat, for example) systematically and clearly indicating the mode of transport used for intercontinental transport of such goods.
This petition is made on the initiative of the Collective "Red Plane" made Fabrice Collignon (Economist, Liege), Pierre de Wit (architect, Cork), David Wolf (journalist, Liege), Pierre Ozer (Doctor of Science, Liege), Dominique Perrin (Doctor of environmental Flémalle), Sonia Veckmans (geographer, Yvoir) and Martin Willems (engineer, Rixensart).
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