Originally Posted by darren leonadas

Hi Stan, I have never reacted palm oil before, unless it was included in generic vegetable oil blends, which i believe is usual. Palm oil is getting a bad wrap from ecologists because its grown in third world tropical countries that cut down vast regions of rain forest to grow it. The Orangutangs of Borneo are threatened for this very reason. So some say we should boycott palm oil. However at the end of the day the oil has been offered to you and its already there, so go for it. If it is solid at room temperature that sounds alarm bells for me. I dont know that palm oil is normally solid, so maybe its saturated with animal fats. All of the above will make biodiesel, but stuff that is solid is a real pain to move around and to use. You've got to scoop it out by hand or heat the whole container. For this reason Its not worth 25c per litre. Offer less than 10c per litre or walk away unless your really desperate for feedstock.
Cheers mate, Darren.