Comment on A new cooling technology freezes food without warming the climate
ranzispa@mander.xyz 2 days ago
Cool, but I’m always a bit dubious by these statements.
Refrigerating just 12% of the produce that goes to waste every year due to spoilage would feed an estimated 1 billion more people.
I mean, I know cooling is important and making the process more efficient will make things better. But the reason why most of that food is thrown away is not lack of refrigeration, cheaper refrigeration will not solve that problem.
But the reason why most of that food is thrown away is not lack of refrigeration, cheaper refrigeration will not solve that problem.
I think “cheaper refrigerators” is an oversimplification. People without access to a functional refrigerator often have bigger problems than a mere absence of a single appliance.
But the energy savings is a big deal. We’re not just talking about food refrigeration but AC, which is a much bigger deal especially as we suffer a warning planet
But the energy savings is a big deal.
I agree, but that has little to do with food waste.
Moreover, I doubt this is more efficient than traditional refrigeration. But I’d be happy to be wrong on this.
Exactly
FunnyUsername@lemmy.world 2 days ago
cheaper refrigeration would DEFINITELY help this problem. the big issue with food waste is food spoils so quickly (especially produce and meat), so it makes more sense to toss it than try to find a big enough space that’s REFRIGERATED because the food is usually free, no one wants to spend thousands preserving it. cheaper refrigeration would absolutely improve this scenario.
echodot@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Refrigeration already is cheap. The problem a lot of places have is not an inability to afford a refrigerator it’s no energy to power the refrigerator. This technology does not into address that problem. In fact it probably worsens it because this technology is less efficient in terms of power consumption.