• Brewchin@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Palm oil. Great at keeping things like peanut butter mixed. Garbage for the environment.

    Guess which choice wins most of the time… 😔

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      2 months ago

      I remember learning back in school that while oil palm trees are relatively bad for the land they take up, their yields are high enough that it balances out. The environments they disrupt are a lot more marketable, which is why I think the public cares about them so much.