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Um. A Few Other Issues?
Plug-in hybrids are fine, but I'm wondering if there are a few points that they might not address. What about:
*** Limited PHEV battery range, which could limit interstate transport (also known as food)?
*** Any carbon-free substitute for aviation (also a big player in the food delivery system)?
*** Fertilizer for large monocultural farms and concentrated agricultural feedlot organizations (CAFOs), a pretty carbon-intensive process?
Not a peak oil doomer; just hopefully a realist about the problem. And it seems to me that driving might be the most obvious sign of a carbon addiction, but it's a relatively small -- and in the grand scheme of things, not all that important -- part of the disease.