The Wikipedia article on the fourth power thing is pretty concise, the most amazing part for me was that this was determined empirically. They just drove trucks on a bunch of test tracks continuously. While long distance freight transport isn't super great for the environment, it's still very likely that buying from massive specialized farms will not only cost less, but likely have less environmental footprint.
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The Wikipedia article on the fourth power thing is pretty concise, the most amazing part for me was that this was determined empirically. They just drove trucks on a bunch of test tracks continuously. While long distance freight transport isn't super great for the environment, it's still very likely that buying from massive specialized farms will not only cost less, but likely have less environmental footprint.