dendê oil Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 05:08:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Palm Oil Considered a Carbon Time Bomb https://www.greenoptimistic.com/palm-oil-considered-carbon-time-bomb-20131010/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/palm-oil-considered-carbon-time-bomb-20131010/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2013 05:08:21 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=42401 Palm oil, also known as dendê oil, is an edible vegetable oil produced from oil palm. It can be used for cooking, or to make soaps, cosmetics, and biofuel. It’s much cheaper than other edible oils on the market, and this contributes to its high demand. Selling and exporting palm oil is one of the […]

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