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Got Food? Thank the Fossil Fuel Industry

By David Biederman

Nov 19, 2014
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The next time you’re strolling the aisles of your local grocery store, consider the crucial role of fossil fuels in providing our food.

As the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports, “The U.S. agriculture industry used nearly 800 trillion British thermal units (Btu) of energy in 2012, or about as much primary energy as the entire state of Utah.”

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