Palm oil an asset to humanity


PALM oil is again being persecuted as the bad boy in the ongoing climate change debate. It is being blamed for deforestation, contributing to global warming.

The palm oil industry in Malaysia is being taken to task for apparently decimating the population of orang utan. But there is no mention being made of the fact that palm oil helps the orang miskin (poor).

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