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Elizabeth Edwards has shown her other ignorance on the issue of global warming by pushing an agenda of "eat locally" in order to reduce "carbon footprint."

From Politico:

The politics of global warming got very concrete, and oddly difficult, In a meeting with local environmentalists in the coastal town of McClellanville today, where Elizabeth Edwards raised in passing the importance of relying on locally-grown fruit.

"We've been moving back to 'buy local,'" Mrs. Edwards said, outlining a trade policy that "acknowledges the carbon footprint" of transporting fruit.

"I live in North Carolina. I'll probably never eat a tangerine again," she said, speaking of a time when the fruit is reaches the price that it "needs" to be.

Does this mean she is giving up orange juice and coffee? How about chocolate, tea, and anything that may contain alcohol?

As a general rule, I am okay with eating locally grown produce because it is generally in better condition as well as for taste. However there are a lot of fruits and vegetables that do not grow where I live, starting with citrus fruits. I do not advocate limiting one's diet to locally produced foods because of an unwarranted fear that carbon emissions is the cause of global warming.

Then, when John Edwards was questioned, he said:

"Would I add to the price of food?" he asked. "I'd have to think about that."

Such additional food costs would be in the form of adding carbon emission costs to the price of food.

I think that as a general rule all candidates should have studied the hard science about such issues as global warming before they are allowed to open their traps and show their ignorance. If they did, we wouldn't be hearing a word about "carbon footprints" but rather we would be hearing about the solar cycle and the impact of cosmic rays.

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