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Title: Here’s how your cup of coffee contributes to climate change
Introduction
In “Here’s how your cup of coffee contributes to climate change”, Luciano Rodrigues Viana, Charles Marty, Jean-Francois Boucher, and Pierre-Luc Dessureault (2023) discusses the relationship between coffee and climate change, with suggestions.
Summary
In the article, Viana, Marty, Boucher & Dessureault cup of coffee leads to climate change because of the life cycle, production and consumption of coffee. Viana, Marty, Boucher & Dessureault say the production of coffee, which includes packaging and machinery, preparation of coffee and waste produced for cup of coffee, emit high portion of carbon footprint when compared by four methods.
Also, Viana, Marty, Boucher & Dessureault describe soluble coffee is the most environmentally friendly option since the amount of it is low, which consumes less electricity. The second environmentally friendly option is to consume capsule coffee since capsules can optimize the amount of coffee and water per consumption and minimizing the waste of coffee.
Due to the production of coffee, coffee plants have to modernize to ensure being fully exposed by sun, the needs for intensive irrigation, fertilization systems and the use of pesticides rely on large quantities of natural gas.
Finally, the authors encourage people to minimize the waste of coffee choosing the less emission of GHGs of coffee preparation and moderating consumption behaviour are the solutions for being environmental friendly.
Response Segment 1
Viana, Marty, Boucher & Dessureault point out the life cycle, production and consumption of coffee emit CO2e which lead to climate change.First, Viana, Marty, Boucher & Dessureault describe the life cycle of coffee emit CO2e. As they mention, “Before you can enjoy a cup of coffee, it goes through several steps, starting from the agricultural production of the coffee beans, their transport, the roasting and grinding of the beans, right up to the heating of the water for the coffee and the washing of the cups it is poured in” (Viana, Marty, Boucher & Dessureault, 2023, para. 6). Furthermore, Viana, Marty, Boucher & Dessureault point out 4 methods of preparation coffee emit different amounts of CO2e. They compare four methods of preparing 280 millilitres of coffee, found out traditional filter coffee emitted 25 grams of carbon footprint, encapsulated filter emitted 14 grams of carbon footprint, brewed coffee emitted 17 grams of carbon footprint, soluble coffee emitted 12 grams of carbon footprint.
Response Segment 2
Viana, Marty, Boucher & Dessureault say soluble coffee and consume capsule coffee is more environmental friendly than other methods of preparing coffee. Viana, Marty, Boucher & Dessureault point out soluble coffee is the most environmentally friendly option. As they mention, “This is due to the low amount of soluble coffee used per cup, the kettle’s lower electricity consumption compared to a coffee maker and the absence of organic waste to be treated” (Viana, Marty, Boucher & Dessureault, 2023, para. 11). Viana, Marty, Boucher & Dessureault describle capsule coffee is also environmental friendly when comparing with other methods of preparing coffee. As they mention, “Because the capsules allow you to optimize the amount of coffee and water per consumption” (Viana, Marty, Boucher & Dessureault, 2023, para. 12).
Conclusion
In conclusion, Viana, Marty, Boucher & Dessureault encourage people to minimize the waste of coffee choosing the less emission of GHGs of coffee preparation and moderating consumption behaviour are the solutions for being environmental friendly. The production of coffee, which includes packaging and machinery, preparation of coffee and waste produced for cup of coffee, emit high portion of carbon footprint when compared by four methods. This mechanization, irrigation and use of nitrous oxide-emitting fertilizers ? the production of which requires large quantities of natural gas ? greatly contribute to coffee’s carbon footprint.
