{"id":374760,"date":"2025-04-11T08:45:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T06:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=374760"},"modified":"2025-04-11T08:45:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T06:45:03","slug":"green-fuel-may-contain-palm-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=374760","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGreen\u201d Fuel May Contain Palm\u00a0Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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h\/t Paul Kolk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now where have we heard this before????<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The UK government is investigating a fast-growing “green fuel” called HVO diesel amid claims of significant fraud, the BBC has learned.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HVO is increasingly popular as a transport fuel and for powering music festivals and its backers say it can curb carbon emissions by up to 90% as it can be made from waste materials like used cooking oil.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But industry whistleblowers told the BBC they believe large amounts of these materials are not waste but instead are virgin palm oil, which is being fraudulently relabelled.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And data analysed by the BBC and shared with the UK\u2019s Department for Transport casts further doubt on one of the key ingredients in HVO, a material called palm sludge waste.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Europe used more of this waste in HVO and other biofuels in 2023 than it is thought possible for the world to produce.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Full story\u00a0here.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Years ago, some bright sparks decided that using palm oil to produce biodiesel would be good for the planet, as it would avoid the need for carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have since found out about the environmental catastrophe that resulted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now the plot thickens. Supposedly HVO could be made using the waste oil, but (surprise, surprise) crooked operators are seemingly using virgin palm oil instead!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why anybody should be surprised by this is amazing. If you create a subsidised, artificial market for something, people will cheat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has happened with wood pellets for biomass, and it has also happened with the carbon offset market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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