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Currently the biggest pressure on demand for palm oil is for biofuels. The result has been a significant recent and planned expansion of palm oil plantations i
by kokey 11y ago
Currently the biggest pressure on demand for palm oil is for biofuels. The result has been a significant recent and planned expansion of palm oil plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia. It doesn't help that many countries now have a mandatory biofuel component. I think the potential increase in demand for replacing trans fat is probably not that big compared to what comes as a result of demand for biodiesel.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoI guess we should ramp up electric vehicle production to eliminate the need for those biofuels.
- LordKano 11y agoI haven't checked the chemistry but I do have a question. Can the oils that we're currently hydrogenating be used for biofuel production?