I think you piled on a guy for nothing.
He's just saying that homegrown stuff takes more energy than mass-produced crap due to the economy of scale. Does it mean we should all buy crap instead? Absolutely not, but pretending that homegrown saves the planet specifically by using less energy (which is not even how it works, we need MORE energy produced and used, not less) is delusional.
I think you piled on a guy for nothing. He's just saying that homegrown stuff takes more energy than mass-produced crap due to the economy of scale. Does it mean we should all buy crap instead? Absolutely not, but pretending that homegrown saves the planet specifically by using less energy (which is not even how it works, we need MORE energy produced and used, not less) is delusional.