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Im agree with candidate A opinion but I think the main reason If you are concerned

about global warming’s effects, then you should know that by growing your own fruits
and vegetables, you can help to reduce the carbon emissions that are associated with
air flight and other methods of transportation. By growing your own food, you can avoid
rely on produce that may otherwise be imported from many miles away. To figure out
how many pounds of CO2 a garden can save, we need to estimate the amount of food
a typical garden will produce. In this example we calculate that with only 10 by 10 foot
garden, one could grow 150 pounds of cherry tomatoes, which is the equivalent of
keeping 27 pounds of CO2 out of the atmosphere. Also, a healthy tree will store about
13 pounds of CO2 in one year. More vegetables gardens inevitably mean less carbon
dioxide in the air. Plants are natural accumulators of carbon dioxide. They have the
ability to convert carbon dioxide into sugar, and capture and transform it into plant tissue.
Having a vegetable garden also means having home sourced food, saving fruits and
vegetables from long journeys and saving on co2 emissions.

Besides, the energy that would be saved instead of being used during the long
algricultural production. Agricultural products are one of the top two commodities
transported by semi-truck in the US, and a typical semi-truck gets about 5.6 miles per
gallon of diesel while carrying 34,000 pounds of cargo. Each gallon of diesel it burns
releases 22.38 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Based on these numbers,
each pound of food releases 0.18 pounds of CO2 into the atmosphere from
transportation alone!

I’m agree with you. You know I have my idea of making my own garden green. The first
rule for a green garden is to use plants that require very little pruning. Pruning takes
time, isn’t very fun, and very contributes to landfills. I want plants that fit into planting
spaces and can grow into their natural forms.

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