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=== Bonus approach ===
=== Bonus approach ===
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The bonus approach emphasises the consumption of locally produced products. The closer the production to consumption the better. So if no transportation is required, a maximum number of points is awarded. In this way small territories and countries get the maximum bonus. This bonus is scaled down by the country size for products produced within a country.
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But to do correct scaling, it is also required to define a maximum distance at which the bonus becomes zero. Ecoscore now uses 2000 km for this (seems large). The formula to calculated the standard bonus is then:
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Bonus(country) = ( 1 - size(country) / maximum distance ) * 15
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Implementing this for ecoscore would imply a bonus of ? for France instead of the currently used 15 points.
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Note that any transportation of a product between countries of territories would reduce the bonus. Also if we would use country subdivisions as territories and transport between these subdivisions, we would get a more realistic bonus. And it would be better than using these average country sizes.
=== Ecoscore approach ===
=== Ecoscore approach ===