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Originally Posted by linz06  I had no idea it was being used for bio-diesel in Europe. Thanks for the info again. I have some learning to do! |
I didn't talk about that aspect in the palm oil thread, focusing instead on the food uses. That's something we can all do something about. Europe has realized its folly and I don't think any EU countries are currently using it (could be wrong on that one, though).
China, though, is plowing ahead with their plans, despite all that is known about this....and the local gov't is all too willing to make deals. So, they take money from Europe for the damage done to the forest, and then take money from China to do more damage. It's crazy. It's corruption on the Indonesian gov't part and the Chinese just don't seem to care what happens as long as they get what they want. It's this kind of behavior that makes me wonder why we choose to buy anything at all from them, yet we fatten their pockets everyday, giving them even more power.