{"id":21996,"date":"2020-12-01T12:23:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strettonclimatecare.org.uk\/?p=21996"},"modified":"2020-12-01T12:24:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T12:24:59","slug":"how-bad-are-bananas-the-carbon-footprint-of-everything-2020-edition-reviewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strettonclimatecare.org.uk\/2020\/12\/how-bad-are-bananas-the-carbon-footprint-of-everything-2020-edition-reviewed\/","title":{"rendered":"How Bad are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything, 2020 edition, reviewed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/irishtechnews.ie\/how-bad-are-bananas-carbon-footprint-everything\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Review<\/a> of <span id=\"productTitle\">the updated edition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>How Bad Are Bananas? was a groundbreaking book when first published in 2009, when most of us were hearing the phrase \u2018carbon footprint\u2019 for the first time. Mike Berners-Lee set out to inform us what was important (aviation, heating, swimming pools) and what made very little difference (bananas, naturally packaged, are good!).\u00a0This new edition updates all the figures (from data centres to hosting a World Cup) and introduces many areas that have become a regular part of modern life \u2013 Twitter, the Cloud, Bitcoin, electric bikes and cars, even space tourism. Berners-Lee runs a considered eye over each area and gives us the figures to manage and reduce our own carbon footprint, as well as to lobby our companies, businesses and government. His findings, presented in clear and even entertaining prose, are often surprising. And they are essential if we are to address climate change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review of the updated edition. How Bad Are Bananas? was a groundbreaking book when first published in 2009, when most of us were hearing the phrase \u2018carbon footprint\u2019 for the first time. 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