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Is your refrigerator running?

2024/7/29
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Nicola Twilley: 本期节目探讨了冰箱在食物保存中的作用、其历史发展以及对环境的影响。她指出，冰箱并非万能的，有些食物不适合冷藏，低温会影响某些水果和蔬菜的风味。同时，她介绍了新型的食品涂层技术，可以延长农产品的保质期，并减少对冰箱的依赖。此外，她还强调了冰箱对环境的负面影响，包括能源消耗和制冷剂的排放，呼吁人们重新评估冰箱对食物系统和环境的影响，并探索更可持续的制冷方法。 节目主持人: 节目围绕冰箱展开，从冰箱的常见误区、历史发展到其对环境的影响，以及可持续发展的替代方案等方面进行了深入探讨。节目中还提到了美国众议院共和党通过的“冰箱自由法案”，反映了对冰箱能效标准的政治化争论。

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Fridges are our go-to way of storing food, but they’re not good for the planet or even good for a lot of our food. Gastropod’s Nicola Twilley, author of a new book on refrigeration, says there are chiller options for our cold storage challenges.

This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Miles Bryan, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King.

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