Comment on They Want to Make Palm Oil in a Lab. Without Palm Trees.

• silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Basically, palmitic acid has the right length of carbon chain.

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  • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean why is it a big deal?

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    • silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There is large-scale deforestation happening today as natural forests are replaced with palm oil plantations.

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