How much are we paying?
We’re at a time when know how much we’re paying, in cash and kind, is starting to become real, for the first time in a few thousand years. It’s pretty important to keep track of how much the items we buy are costing, year, on year, so that we can decide whether or not to buy them.
It’s even more important to know how much nature is paying for the stuff that we’re buying, so that we can build the true cost of the stuff we eat, and use into the decisions that we make.
I heard the other day that the true cost of a cheap burger, taking into account rainforest destruction, ecosystem degradation and, most recently, murder, puts the cost at over $100. Fancy a bite$
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Imagine an infographic showing the true cost of, say, the daily, weekly or monthly sales of just one or a whole chain of burger bars.
Yes it could show some positives, but the visual impact of the negatives would be shocking.
A photo of x square feet of destroyed rainforest, polluted rivers, hole in the ozone layer, displaced wild animals and remote tribes right down to litter in our streets, people hardened to working in abattoirs, burger bar staff who really don’t want to be there evidenced by low morale and poor service, health implications of people who make too many poor food choices, the cost of healthcare treatment for them, the negative effect on families not eating home-cooked meals at home together and so on and so on.
All so we can have a cheap burger.