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There's more to the environment than the greenhouse effect. Coconut plantations would compete with rainforest in much the same way palm oil ones do, since they

There's more to the environment than the greenhouse effect. Coconut plantations would compete with rainforest in much the same way palm oil ones do, since they have more or less identical growing climates. If you want to use biofuels, use a plant that grows in low-value areas like open fields. Something like corn or sugarcane.

xp84 2mo ago
Corn ethanol is a scam and consumes as much energy to make as it “produces.” Let’s not do that either.
- bluGill 2mo ago
  Nobody who had looked at it believes that. Even the well known critics admit it is energy positive. The ratio isn't very good, but it is energy positive.
  - xp84 1mo ago
    Maybe slightly. But it also wastes land that could be growing food, raising food prices.
ForOldHack 2mo ago
Brazil grows sugarcane just for this purpose, and Russia uses a weed... the Jerusalem Artichoke, grown as a weed, and made into biofeedback. I made biofeedback from both of these plants. But coconuts? That is coco nuts.