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WNYC,
Regarding "How Bad Are Bananas", the author made a glaring error about electric cars. Producing the electricity to charge their batteries does indeed at present require fossil fuels, but advantage of electric cars lies not where they get their electric charge but rather that an electric engine is far more efficient than an internal combustion engine: 80% as opposed to 20%, a fourfold advantage in energy consumption for an electric engine.

To nick from brooklyn, those problems are real, but you can get organic fair-trade bananas. These days, they don't even cost much more than the other kind.

To gary from queens, of course we need fuel, but it doesn't have to be primarily carbon-based. It's worth developing alternatives. Yes, we can only start from where we are now, but the faster we switch over, the better.

Let me know when you have an extra seat in that plane Ron! I'll gladly bike to the airport & hitch a ride w/ you to do my part. Thanks for that last topic. looking forward to the read.

On the answer about small plane vs. car, the number of passengers affects the amount of fuel needed to carry the additional weight more in a plane than in a car. I'm not sure how this balances out, but it's something to take into account.

Jamie -

You nailed it. Global Warming is ALL about feeling better about yourself. I believe it's also known as being smug.

Should I take the ferry to Sardinia or a Ryanair flight? I would love an environmental reason to protest the discount airline's bag fees.

N.B.: BANANAS are a human rights nightmare, historically, and their farming has reduced the biodiversity of resource-rich places. They may have a minor carbon footprint, but they're bad for the environment and for workers.

Another 'Brit' KNOW-IT-ALL!

Was there a revolution?

Check out Jackson Heights-GARBAGE GARBAGE GARBAGE on the ground-filthy.
Talk about values and neglect and just plain dummies who don't understand respecting your society.

@ gary from queens

Mike Berners-Lee accepts anthropogenic global warming as science fact and offers very reasoned analysis of carbon impact we should be concerned about versus things that, while they have an impact, aren’t too bad and recommends focusing our attention on the big offenders and not get distracted over the small stuff.

Bananas are yummy, but why do they cost so much?

With this guest, I'm hoping we will finally hear a word from a global warming skeptic. Or at least one who places the issue in proper perspective: Without a carbon-based economy fueling economic growth, we will not make the technological advances in renewable or cleaner carbon energy tachnologies.

As far as bananas go, they contain all 8 essential amino acids. A much more energy efficient (for our bodies, that is) method of getting amino acids than digesting cooked meat or pasturized milk. Bananas may be man's (and woman's) best food.