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  • Tallow based biodiesel is bad policy

    (automatically updated/inserted from The Envirofuels Blog)

    Tallow and its usesTallow is a fat produced by the Australian meat industry. Like other edible fats, it is an essential ingredient that has been in use for well over 100 years. Australia produces approximately 500,000 tonnes of tallow annually, of which approximately 150,000 tonnes is used domestically in food, soap and derivatives. The balance [...]

    Please click this link to read the full article on the Envirofuels website.

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    Re: Tallow based biodiesel is bad policy

    Who is this jerk?

    Here's the crux of his analysis -

    "Environmental impact

    The previous Australian Government’s decision to subsidise the use of tallow and other edible oils for the production of biodiesel is bad policy for the environment, rain forests and biodiversity.

    Palm plantations on average produce three tonnes of oil per hectare per year. If 300,000 tonnes of Australian tallow is converted to biodiesel to help meet the previous Government’s renewable fuels target an additional 100,000 hectares (1000 square kilometres) of palm oil plantation will be needed to make up the short fall. This has and will continue to contribute to deforestation in South East Asia.

    The affect of the Government’s subsidy

    Under current legislation, biodiesel producers are able to claim back $0.38 per litre for each litre of biodiesel produced and sold. This legislation gives one industry group, the biodiesel producers, a very large relative subsidy allowing them to out-bid traditional industry users that are not subsidized.

    Consumers are unlikely to stop eating or washing, hence the non-subsidized industries will be forced to use palm oil as a cheaper alternative to tallow."

    So what he is saying is that Australia shouldn't make biodiesel from tallow because it will FORCE some asian countries to cut down more rainforest. This is the kind of logic that gives 'greenies' the reputation they have - idiots.

    (he should also do a bit of research on Australian commercial biodiesel factories and find out how many are still in operation)

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