"**Palm oil is also used in biofuels for transport. Here, we should absolutely stamp it out**. Globally, we only put small amounts of palm oil into bioenergy. Just 5% of production. But for some countries – often the richest ones – bioenergy is a big user of palm oil. [[Germany]] is one example: 41% of its palm imports go to bioenergy. That’s more than it imports for food products. **This is incredibly stupid, and terrible for the environment**. To be clear: **[[Germany]] imports palm oil from an area at high risk of tropical deforestation to put it into cars. What’s even more insulting is that it then counts this towards its ‘renewable energy’ target**. In reality, biodiesel from palm oil results in more carbon emissions than petrol or diesel. Here, a boycott is certainly justified. ([Location 2259](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=2259))" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[biofuels]], [[palm-oil]], [[food-security]], [[statistics]], [[climate-change]], [[public-policy]], [[deforrestation]] **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]