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How to Roast Coffee Without Burning the Planet (or Coffee) (www.bloomberg.com)
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With roasters that run on electricity, Bellwether Coffee is trying to clean up a sneaky source of carbon emissions in the coffee supply chain.

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[–] neanderthal 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Another area where electric wins is smoking. My electric smoker is much easier to use and produces superior results to using charcoal. A really nice electric smoker can be purchased for a few hundred dollars. The electricity it uses is cheaper than charcoal too.

I know how a lot of people here feel about eating meat at all, but considering the current situation, anything that is better buys time to make even bigger cuts.

Beef is a big culprit with emissions, and I'll tell you what, a well smoked humble and cheap chicken drumstick will taste amazing.

ETA: It isn't just the emissions from burning the charcoal that are saved. It is also the emissions producing and transporting the charcoal to their usage point. High voltage AC is pretty hard to beat in efficient transport of energy.