January 22, 2009
OJ's carbon footprint

PepsiCo Figures Tropicana's Carbon Footprint - NYTimes.com

Citrus groves use a lot of nitrogen fertilizer, which requires natural gas to make and can turn into a potent greenhouse gas when it is spread on fields.

PepsiCo finally came up with a number: the equivalent of 3.75 pounds of carbon dioxide are emitted to the atmosphere for each half-gallon carton of orange juice.

Posted by Dave at January 22, 2009 03:37 AM