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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls
People need to know the actual environmental impact of the items they choose to buy, so they can decide whether it's greener to spend $15000 on an electric mower + solar thermal collectors + new appliances + insulation for the house + beer, or if getting the Leaf over the 50mpg Prius is the better choice.
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I totally agree. The trouble is trying to get all the data. I don't think the oil companies are going to be keen to announce how energy is used to find, get, process, and ship oil-based products. Nor are the coal mining companies likely to say how much energy is used to find, mine, process, and ship the coal.
If laws were passed to require that total production energy consumption + CO2 emissions are published, all sorts of interesting things would be revealed.