webfact Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Commerce Ministry talks up benefits of palm oil for generating power By The Thaiger While the Thai government is promoting the use of palm oil to produce power, the latest price of the oil remains lower than the cost of producing it because the volume of output was 30% more than the expected quantity. The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives will survey the real quantity of palm oil to be released onto the market to determine a solution to the problem. Deputy Commerce Minister Chutima Bunyapraphasara says apart from being used for electricity production, the Ministry of Energy has also extracted a bio-diesel oil B20 from the palm oil. Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/south/commerce-ministry-talks-up-benefits-of-palm-oil-for-generating-power -- © Copyright The Thaiger 2019-04-22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Never mind the disastrous impact of such monocultures to the ecological, and agricultural system seen in Malaysia... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Lawrence Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 How much does it cost to produce v's fossil fuel. How much land does it take up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 14 hours ago, webfact said: the Thai government is promoting the use of palm oil to produce power Palm oil as a fuel source for electric generation produces more CO2 emissions than fossil fuel. And maybe that's why it doesn't figure in any of state-owned monopoly EGAT's Power Development Plans just updated last year. EGAT has been focused on reducing coal-fired power plant and increasing use of natural gas and alternative renewable energy sources to reduce overall CO2 emissions. The government has been promising to do more to support the three-year old Paris Agreement in reducing greenhouse damaging CO2 emissions. Last year Raweewon Bhuridej, secretary-general of Thailand’s Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning Office, insists that Thailand’s commitments to Nationally Determined Contributions are a good fit for the country’s current situation. Yet, without additional new measures, Greenpeace country director Tara Buakamsri said,Thailand’s contribution will not be sufficient to meet the global mission to cap rising mean temperatures to the below 2-degrees Celsius limit agreed upon under the Paris Agreement. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30360522 Either the Deputy Commerce Minister is unaware of Thailand's NDC commitment and EGAT's PDP's or hasn't bothered any coordination with EGAT and the Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning Office on the matter of using palm oil for electrical production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikao Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Nonsense. The big trap of stupidity is closing down on mankind. Not only this subject...too much to mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokfrog Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Typical "save face" attempt by the government after another ill-informed interference in agriculture markets. I seem to recall that some years ago, when there was a glut of rubber in the market, farmers were encouraged to cut down rubber trees and plant palm oil. Many poorly educated farmers would have done this without researching the market, not realizing that the majority of palm oil production comes from large scale commercial farms that have the benefit of economies of scale. What are the chances of some sort of palm oil subsidy (a-la rice, rubber, etc.) coming soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toenail Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 I wonder if these palm oil trees are drought resistant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 5 hours ago, pikao said: Nonsense. The big trap of stupidity is closing down on mankind. Not only this subject...too much to mention So why post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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