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Old 09-22-2006, 02:32 PM   #3
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Energy Prices

>it takes a lot of energy to brew a cup of coffee!

It sure does.

First you have to use gallons of diesel to plow and plant the fields, then lots of gasoline or electricity to pump the water to irrigate and tend the fields, then more diesel to run the haresters, then electricity to process the beans, then some fuel (gas, electricity, wood, whatever) to roast the prepared beans, then diesel to haul them to the distributor, who has to use electricity to run his warehouse, then more diesel to ship the beans to the climate-controlled store where workers use electricity to brew the coffee.

That is, assuming the beans are gornw locally. If not, you have to use diesel to ship them across an ocean on a ship that uses anywhere from 400,000 to 2,000,000 gallons depending on the size of the ship and the route it takes.
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