cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/47137207
Indonesia urged the European Union on Monday to scrap countervailing duties on imports of biodiesel immediately, after the World Trade Organization backed several of Jakarta’s main claims in a complaint to the trade body.
I will just leave that here
Indonesia’s palm oil-powered ‘green diesel’ fuels threat to forests https://www.reuters.com/article/business/indonesias-palm-oil-powered-green-diesel-fuels-threat-to-forests-idUSKBN2A408R/
I will just leave this recent study here:
Sorry for the German, here’s a translation of the abstract:
German Environmental Aid (DUH) proves: HVO100 from used cooking oil is more harmful to the climate than fossil diesel
• New study commissioned by DUH: HVO100 and “bio” diesel from used cooking oil are even more harmful to the climate than fossil diesel, taken as a whole from production to consumption.
• Promises of almost 90 percent CO2 savings refuted, as shifting effects boost climate-damaging palm oil production.
• DUH calls on the German government to stop the use and promotion of HVO100 from used cooking oil in road transport.
I was about to say. This is potentially even worse for the environment than oil drilling.