http://www.sustainableenergyblog.org/posts/2007/11/09/palm-oil-to-co2-disaster/ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:59:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.sustainableenergyblog.org/posts/2007/11/09/palm-oil-to-co2-disaster/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Christian Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:46:01 +0000 http://www.sustainableenergyblog.org/posts/2007/11/09/palm-oil-to-co2-disaster/#comment-134 Rather worrying. I wrote a finals paper as an undergraduate analysing why the Suharto regime collapsed in the mid-90's. One of the main reasons was a scarcity of cooking oil (Palm Oil) that led to unrest amongst the populace. Considering demand for cooking oil is now growing I don't see how TPTB could stop this even if they wanted. Rather worrying. I wrote a finals paper as an undergraduate analysing why the Suharto regime collapsed in the mid-90’s. One of the main reasons was a scarcity of cooking oil (Palm Oil) that led to unrest amongst the populace. Considering demand for cooking oil is now growing I don’t see how TPTB could stop this even if they wanted.

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