Sentences with phrase «shipped over long distances»

But this isn't always possible for commercially sold tomatoes, which are often stored and then shipped over long distances.

There are one thing I take away from this: Sending things by ship over long distances is pretty darn efficient (even if still quite polluting)-- to the degree that sending a bottle of wine from Chile or Australia to Los Angeles by ship has similar emissions that driving it in a truck the 430 miles from Napa to Southern California.

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LNG is liquefied natural gas (the same gas that you'd use in your home heating system) chilled to -161 °C, which reduces its volume to 1 / 600th of the volume of gas, making it economically feasible to transport over long distances by ship.

Having to go the the library to look up phone numbers (remember all those big phone books for each city taking over a whole section of the library) and then making one long distance call after the other to find out rules and regulations for shipping plants, seems so time consuming today.

Two primary solutions — shipping in water over long distances or cleaning nearby but dirty supplies — both require large amounts of energy, which is soaring in price.

Assuming a 250 - book print run (discounts on shorter runs may not justify the cash layout), a publisher is looking at over $ 1000 — plus shipping charges, which can be hefty, particularly if books are shipped a long distance or drop - shipped to different locations.

In essence, a reduction in the use of oil to transport food over long distances — whether by plane, truck, or ship — will also localize the food economy.More small farms.