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comment by dreamdollarcxt

I really do not understand how Palm oil used as bio-fuel will create so much catastrophe. Palm oil is clean and in most African countries, it's used as cooking oil.





krmatthews  ·  1968 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Anything in excess is a bad idea. This is why they should be careful when releasing something new in the atmosphere because more often than not, these new technology/chemicals, etc. will bite us in the ass and might be worst for all us here in on earth.

WanderingEng  ·  1969 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It isn't the oil itself that causes so much damage, it's the production of the oil. Palm oil: good. Clear cutting old growth forests for planting palms: bad.

dreamdollarcxt  ·  1969 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Good point, I now understand clearly! some of us are so dumb that we need everything to be spelled out for us. Thanks WanderingEng for the info.

galen  ·  1969 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Friendly tip: if you're going to ask silly easily-answered questions, don't get surprised and annoyed when you get a simple spelled-out answer.

If you don't understand how palm oil creates an environmental catastrophe, try reading the article above, which is about how palm oil has created an environmental catastrophe.