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CSIRO: Yes to biofuels, no to palm oil biodiesel

CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, which is Australia's national science agency, released a report that speaks quite in favor of biodiesel but raises the alarm on the raw materials used for production. Something someone at OECD (although not OECD itself) said as well. The report states that either pure biodiesel or a significant blend actually lowers greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The process is remarkably good when used oil is the source for making biodiesel. Locally grown canola and tallow are also ... Read more →

What can hurt Malaysian biodiesel? How 'bout high palm oil prices Sebastian Blanco

Writing from Kuala Lumpur, a reporter for Thomson Financial explains that the high cost of palm oil is making biodiesel in Malaysia uncompetitive. As we mentioned earlier this year, Malaysia has ...

Jakarta Post editorial on the palm-oil-for-biofuels question Sebastian Blanco

Even though Rhett Butler is based in San Francisco, his scope is global. Not that long ago, Butler wrote about the destruction of the Brazilian cerrado thanks, in part, to biofuel production in that ...

CSIRO: Yes to biofuels, no to palm oil biodiesel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, which is Australia's national science agency, released a report that speaks quite in favor of biodiesel but raises the alarm on the raw materials used for production. Something someone at OECD (although not OECD itself) said ...

What can hurt Malaysian biodiesel? How 'bout high palm oil prices 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Writing from Kuala Lumpur, a reporter for Thomson Financial explains that the high cost of palm oil is making biodiesel in Malaysia uncompetitive. As we mentioned earlier this year, Malaysia has other biodiesel problems that are delaying the implementation of the mandatory B5 fuel blends in the ...

Jakarta Post editorial on the palm-oil-for-biofuels question 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Even though Rhett Butler is based in San Francisco, his scope is global. Not that long ago, Butler wrote about the destruction of the Brazilian cerrado thanks, in part, to biofuel production in that country. Now his words appear in the Jakarta Post on the green-ness of palm oil. Once again, ...


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