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Letter: Bitter lesson

Published 16 January 2013

From Donald A. Sands

How ironic that coffee should become a victim of global warming, considering that its export worldwide is one of the causes (5 January, p 33). The mass transportation of products across the planet has a huge carbon footprint, and is a major contributor to climate change.

Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, US

Issue no. 2900 published 19 January 2013

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