This article discussed oil use in agriculture in California. It claims:
When you add up all those detours, you’re looking at an industry that Cornell University Professor David Pimentel estimates requires 400 gallons of gas to feed just one of us for a year.
I do not know how that number was arrived at, but if it is accurate, that is pretty large. More than a gallon a day. It does seem reasonable when one thinks about the steps items in the grocery store go through from creation of ingredients to arriving on the shelf. Cutting down on this number will be tough. Maybe easiest in California, so I think the author is right – we should be starting now.
