11. New Diet for Oil Addicts

Alice Waters transformed how we enjoy food, first with her acclaimed restaurant, Chez Panisse, then by inspiring a movement to enjoy local, seasonal and organic food. We now have a choice between meals that require lots of petroleum fuel and pesticides to finally reach our plate, or more delicious meals with minimal petroleum products used in growing and shipping.

We have the power to improve our personal supply chain in everything from entertainment to education, from music to movies, and from shopping malls to smart shipping. With the New Diet for Oil Addicts we can enjoy life more and be free or our addiction to oil.

You can save money, time and emissions by how you shop and the choices that you make. Services are increasingly delivered with zero transportation cost and emissions. The Internet has removed transportation from sending mail, banking, shopping, collaboration, music, video, gaming, and a diversity of services. Let your fingers do the walking.

From shoes to cars, everything that we buy gets assembled with components from a global supply chain. Being smart from beginning to end can save a fortune in fuel. An apple grown locally takes a lot less fuel than one shipped from New Zealand. The same is true when buying a blouse. Look for green suppliers. If you have a choice in shipment method, select the lowest cost and the slowest. Truck delivery is less polluting than air; rail is better than truck.

Learn about reducing your carbon foodprint and the new trends of riding clean, riding together, and riding less in John Addison’s new book - Save Gas, Save the Planet.

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