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Hey Lloyd, sorry to hear about your departure from Treehugger; you were the main writer of substance there and your consistent energy in bringing relevant information, studies, policies, and articles was impressive and helpful. TH seems to be a bland site without you. Good luck moving fw!

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I am not going away. I am enjoying writing here and at Green Building Advisor. Watch this space!

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What's unnatural about using natural gas to heat a greenhouse in the winter? Have you looked at the rising population data recently? The world can't live on turnips and potatoes.

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Great line “Stop eating fossil fuels”, could be a campaign slogan.

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Most of the tomatoes I consume are canned domestic, except for local fresh tomatoes in summer. A canned field-grown tomato must have a smaller carbon load than a fresh greenhouse one? I wonder how much smaller...

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A fraction of the footprint, which is why that is all we eat.

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A problem with commercially canned tomatoes is that the cans are lined with an expoxy paint made with bisphenol A. I hope you are eating tomatoes canned in glass.

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Yeah this is basically true.

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