NegativeNull@lemm.ee to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago'This could be the holy grail to replace palm oil' - research teamwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down16cross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
arrow-up1109arrow-down1external-link'This could be the holy grail to replace palm oil' - research teamwww.bbc.comNegativeNull@lemm.ee to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
minus-squareelouboub@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoIn this world, it can only succeed if it costs less to produce as much as its rival.
minus-squareglue_snorter@lemmy.sdfeu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoYou have a point, but the reason palm oil is so cheap is that Indonesia turns a blind eye to the clear-cutting. Those costs are externalised, and we all pay them every day, whether we consume palm oil or not. Fucking corruption, man. Fuck Peter Lim and everyone like him.
In this world, it can only succeed if it costs less to produce as much as its rival.
You have a point, but the reason palm oil is so cheap is that Indonesia turns a blind eye to the clear-cutting. Those costs are externalised, and we all pay them every day, whether we consume palm oil or not.
Fucking corruption, man.
Fuck Peter Lim and everyone like him.