Fried chicken with basil leaves emits highest carbon footprint

[Thaivisa News]

Bangkok: – Of the popular Thai dishes served on Thai Airways International flights, stir fried chicken with basil leaves has highest greenhouse gas emission and chicken massaman curry has lowest carbon footprint.

The national carrier and Thailand Greenhouse Management Organisation (Public Organisation) have jointly carried out the study of carbon footprint caused by cooking Thai dishes, THAI president Charamporn Jotikasthira said.

The study is meant to raise awareness on clean development.

Each dish of stir fried chicken with basil leaves emits 1,320 grams of greenhouse gas, followed by chicken green curry with rice and sweet pork sausage (1,180 grams), chicken panang curry with rice and fried garlic kale (1040 grams) and chicken winter-melon curry with rice and fried garlic kale (964 grams).

Chicken massaman curry with rice and fried sugar pea emits 957 grams of greenhouse gas.

Charamporn said he has instructed the THAI food catering service to find ways reduce carbon footprint when cooking Thai dishes.

Starting next month, THAI food served on board will carry carbon label in order to remind passengers about environmental impacts.

THAI is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emission caused by cooking

Presently the catering service produces about 50,000 Thai dishes per day or 20 million dishes per year and each dish emits an average of 1,000 grams of greenhouse gas.

The carbon footprint on cooking is measured from greenhouse gas emitted from cooking, production and transportation of ingredients, work process related to the dishes and waste disposal.

THAI has launched the campaign to improve food served on board since November, striving to upgrade from three-star to five-star quality standard.

The numbers of food-related complaints have been downed by half following the food quality improvement.

[sirineou]

People concerned about the carbon footprint of Thai food while flying on a jet airplane

The Biggest Carbon Sin: Air Travel - NYTimes.com

[Naam]

somebody has mixed up the decimal point with a comma.

[h90]

People concerned about the carbon footprint of Thai food while flying on a jet airplane

The Biggest Carbon Sin: Air Travel - NYTimes.com

but the political correct hypocrites can post that they ate the 964 gram CO2 instead of the 1300 gram food on facebook after their flight back to USA.

Best way to save CO2 (beside not flying) is to save weight and have a modern airplane.

[h90]

somebody has mixed up the decimal point with a comma.

usage of decimal point and comma depends on the country....Don't know for Thailand.

[siampolee]

The national carrier and Thailand Greenhouse Management Organisation (Public Organisation) have jointly carried out the study of carbon footprint caused by cooking Thai dishes, THAI president Charamporn Jotikasthira said.

And they bemoan the fact that Thai Airways International is nothing than a money pit.

I wonder why that money pit exists?

[HeijoshinCool]

Give it up, Thai Airways. Your days are numbered. You can't fix stupid.

Unless you hire outside help. And you won't do that, will you?

[steve down under]

I think what they are trying to tell us is that Fried Chicken with Basil leaves is gonna make you fart more than a curry !

[h90]

Give it up, Thai Airways. Your days are numbered. You can't fix stupid.

Unless you hire outside help. And you won't do that, will you?

no but you can finance stupid endless.....

[Anthony5]

Is chicken with basil leaves the one you need a gas mask with in a 100 meter area to be able to breath when they are frying it?

If so I believe the report

[rakman]

Is it April 1 already?

If the greenies want to reduce CO2, they sequester themselves underground.

CO2 is food for plants, not a dangerous gas. Water vapor is a much more effective green house gas.

[pinkpanther99]

I love pad kapow.

This story gives me more reason than ever to continue denying climate change.

Also, I reckon the mass burning or crops and rubbish I see going on daily has more of a negative impact on the environment than pad kapow!

[toybits]

The carbon footprint of flying a jumbo jet is a bit larger that Phat Kraphao or Massaman Gai. If you want to reduce your personal carbon footprint - sign a "Do Not Revive" order - in other words die quickly.

[jonclark]

Is it April 1 already?

If the greenies want to reduce CO2, they sequester themselves underground.

CO2 is food for plants, not a dangerous gas. Water vapor is a much more effective green house gas.

Isn't H20 a food for plants also?

[h90]

Is it April 1 already?

If the greenies want to reduce CO2, they sequester themselves underground.

CO2 is food for plants, not a dangerous gas. Water vapor is a much more effective green house gas.

psssst next they put some ridiculous tax on water.....

[NCC1701A]

"Charamporn said he has instructed the THAI food catering service to find ways reduce carbon footprint when cooking Thai dishes."

could you imagine some idiot walks into your kitchen and tells you to do this! hahaha...

"sure boss... i will get right on that..."

[2fishin2]

How about using a microwave....

[taff33]

The way Thai airways are cutting back they wont have much carbon footprint any way.

[jerojero]

And how many billions greenhouse gasses from their jumbo jets? And they are worried about fried chicken?

[canuckamuck]

So a 500 gram plate of food is giving off 1.32 Kg of carbon?

I guess they are still cooking with charcoal on Thai Flights?

[The Deerhunter]

Give it up, Thai Airways. Your days are numbered. You can't fix stupid.

Unless you hire outside help. And you won't do that, will you?

Oh yes they could. Standard corporate operating procedure offers this original idea, (NOT) Hire a consultant and then blame everything on him, dismiss him & give yourself a raise. No, Thais would never do that 555 25 (followed by 25 (Yee-ha!)

[daoyai]

So a 500 gram plate of food is giving off 1.32 Kg of carbon?

I guess they are still cooking with charcoal on Thai Flights?

Perhaps they take into account the burning to clear the cornfield for the chicken feed, the production of the ferts, pesticides and herbicides, transportation, etc. etc. ?

[daoyai]

Is it April 1 already?

If the greenies want to reduce CO2, they sequester themselves underground.

CO2 is food for plants, not a dangerous gas. Water vapor is a much more effective green house gas.

epic ignorence

[h90]

So a 500 gram plate of food is giving off 1.32 Kg of carbon?

I guess they are still cooking with charcoal on Thai Flights?

If you include the food they gave the chicken which is farmed with fertilizer, made from oil. Transport the chicken with the truck. Serve them in some plastic that ends in the trash. The 500 gram also travel from Thailand to USA in the airplane.

1.32 kg carbon is realistic.

[connda]

ZZZzzzzzzzz

[klauskunkel]

I think what they are trying to tell us is that Fried Chicken with Basil leaves is gonna make you fart more than a curry !

which could assist with jet propulsion if synchronized and harvested properly.

[manarak]

WHO CARES?

think about all the wasted CO2 because of people who waste time thinking such things up, writing articles, people reading them...

[Bluespunk]

Is it April 1 already?

If the greenies want to reduce CO2, they sequester themselves underground.

CO2 is food for plants, not a dangerous gas. Water vapor is a much more effective green house gas.

Yes that's true, {well almost, there are plenty of studies that show too much CO2 is actually bad for plants}, if only there were enough plants to absorb the amounts we are pumping out.

Mind that would mean an end to all the deforestation, destruction of greenbelt areas man is prone to.

Dear lord, who wants to do that.

Crank up the A/C while I drive 400 metres to buy some piece of crap I don't need.

Consume. Consume. Consume.

[Lupatria]

Finally I learned where the money earned from the overpriced tickets go: to people who conduct stupid and unnecessary studies.

[alanrchase]

Certain ghosts shrink your penis as well.