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From the end of the article: In fact, China wants so much soy meal that it's boosted global supplies of soy oil, because soybeans, when they're crushed, yield
by Johnny555 9y ago
From the end of the article:
In fact, China wants so much soy meal that it's boosted global supplies of soy oil, because soybeans, when they're crushed, yield both meal and oil. By satisfying China's demand for meal, soy processors inevitably end up with plenty of oil to sell, too.
So if soy meal is what's driving the Soy market, doesn't that limit the environmental cost for soy used for oil, since the oil is effectively a waste product from the soy meal production?
- digi_owl 9y agoSoy oil a waste product? Hardly. It can be used for all manner of food preparations.
- skj 9y agoWaste product according to the driving force.
- supreme_sublime 9y agoJust as Diesel used to be a "byproduct" of gasoline refinement. But of course manufacturers want to monetize everything they possibly can and did so with diesel.
- ptaipale 9y agoOriginally, gasoline was a byproduct of kerosene (lamp oil) refinement, and simply thrown into waste (even dumped into rivers). The man best known for getting rich by utilizing this byproduct was John D. Rockefeller.
- bluGill 9y agoThat is misleading. IT is used for a lot of other uses. However those other uses are nowhere near taking up the supply.