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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-28-07 05:24 PM Original message |
Boycott palm/soybean oil to help GLOBAL WARMING. Read grocery store labels! |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. shameless kick to give people a chance to view. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. So what's the alternative to soybean oil? |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Just off the top of my head |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. But it's not going to make a difference |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Of course it's used to "fuel humans" |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. The US is still paying farmers to keep land vacant. |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Soy oil in the US... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 06:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. cook w olive oil or butter, bake w. butter, never buy prepared baked goods |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. Crop-based biofuels are an unmitigated evil |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Oh geez, do you ordinarily cut off your nose to spite your face |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
34. I've been researching Peak Oil for two years, and I'm aware of both the numerical and social argumen |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Oh, and one other thing |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't understand your suggestion. |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. it is free of trans fats, true |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yes, and thank you for your care. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. Some of my parishioners raise soybeans |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. Palm oil production is a terrible thing. See this paragraph from the above article... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I switched away from biodiesel a couple of months ago |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Check this out. We've really got to get the word out on this.... |
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demobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. In Maui, Hawaii |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. How much fuel do you think they make? |
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demobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. More Maui info |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. That report is talking purely about land based biofuels |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-31-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. All biodiesel creates carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is the major greenhouse gas... |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. So you think that petroleum is the way to go? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. No, I think conservation is the way to go. |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Sorry, |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. soybean production is also a terrible thing |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Don't know what bean fields you're looking at, |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Umm, the reason that it is sterile is because of the pesticides and fertilizers that were used |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. To begin with... |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Yep, meat is the real culprit, but Americans, even progressives |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I don't know.... |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. BTW... |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-29-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
29. We don't eat anything with hydrogenated/saturated/trans fats |
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