大多数人住的地方离超市较近,而距离农贸市场比较远,因此本地食品越多,可能就意味着“食品运输里程”越长。
Most people live closer to a supermarket than a farmer's market, so more local food could mean more food-vehicle miles.
一项针对英国食品制度的研究发现,“食品运输里程”(即运送食品的车辆行驶里程)有近一半是由送货到商店及拉货出商店(将买好的产品运送回家)的车子所行驶的。
A study of Britain's food system found that nearly half of food-vehicle miles (ie, miles travelled by vehicles carrying food) were driven by cars going to and from the shops.
波音的C-17 ”全球霸王" III型战略运输机在12月初于阿富汗东部的一次战术空投中,达到了里程碑式的200万飞行小时。
The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III strategic transport aircraft surpassed the two million flight-hour milestone during a tactical airdrop mission over eastern Afghanistan earlier in December.
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