How much energy does it take to produce a Cheeseburger?
This database can be used for estimating the energy use for various
food items over their lifecycle.
The applicability of the database is exemplified by estimating the
energy requirements of a hamburger with bread, lettuce, onions,
cucumbers and cheese. The possibilities for
lowering the energy use of a hamburger are discussed briefly on the
basis of the results.
http://www.infra.kth.se/fms/pdf/energyuse.pdf
Cheeseburger update
I doubt that we'll have to go through this process with everything we
eat, from now until the end of the world. As our societies become more
conscious of the impact of greenhouse gases, and the need for very
tight and careful controls on just how much carbon we dump into the
air, we'll need to create mechanisms for carbon transparency. Be they
labels, icons, color-codes, or arphid, we'll need to be able to see, at
a glance, just how much of a hit our personal carbon budgets take with
each purchase.
http://www.openthefuture.com/cheeseburger_CF.html
