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- Since its Earth Day, I am wondering what might be the consequences of simply banning Palm Oil (a major driver of tropical deforestration).
Here is my not particularly well thought out Earth Day Proposal for your collective consideration.
The building of palm oil plantations is often cited as a driver of tropical rainforest deforestration (which is thought to contribute to climate change in a variety of ways (I'm not providing citations for this because I see no point in arguing back and forth about things for which pro and con arguments can easily be googled up)).
Many anti-climate change proposals seem rather complex and require a lot of international cooperation, making them difficult to implement. To me this approach, although it won't fix everything, has the appeall of simplicity (in understanding and can be implementation). It also could be implemented in a country by country manner, not requiring international agreements.
In addition, many large countries are not producers of palm oil, so getting them to ban it might make it more likely. On the other hand large companies in those countries might object.
Palm oil is now used in lots of ways/products, so I guessing a ban would have to be implemented gradually (which would give the producers a period to get used to the changes).
This would seem therefore to be a simpler way to have some positive response to the climate crisis (for a change)!
I am getting tired of talk, talk, talk, lie, lie, lie, without any significant positive results.
Expecting a lot of negative responses, but this is my Earth Day Commenorative Proposal.
The building of palm oil plantations is often cited as a driver of tropical rainforest deforestration (which is thought to contribute to climate change in a variety of ways (I'm not providing citations for this because I see no point in arguing back and forth about things for which pro and con arguments can easily be googled up)).
Many anti-climate change proposals seem rather complex and require a lot of international cooperation, making them difficult to implement. To me this approach, although it won't fix everything, has the appeall of simplicity (in understanding and can be implementation). It also could be implemented in a country by country manner, not requiring international agreements.
In addition, many large countries are not producers of palm oil, so getting them to ban it might make it more likely. On the other hand large companies in those countries might object.
Palm oil is now used in lots of ways/products, so I guessing a ban would have to be implemented gradually (which would give the producers a period to get used to the changes).
This would seem therefore to be a simpler way to have some positive response to the climate crisis (for a change)!
I am getting tired of talk, talk, talk, lie, lie, lie, without any significant positive results.
Expecting a lot of negative responses, but this is my Earth Day Commenorative Proposal.