https://insidecostarica.com/2013/07/26/oil-palm-genome-boosts-hopes-for-tropical-forests/ Costa Rica's Leading English Language News Source Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2 https://insidecostarica.com/2013/07/26/oil-palm-genome-boosts-hopes-for-tropical-forests/#comment-5037 P mattingly Sat, 27 Jul 2013 13:51:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=9963#comment-5037 Costa Rica could make a huge dent in it dependency on foreign oil by developing more Palm Oil production. This potent vegetable oil has one of the highest BTU ratings of all others and with a process that drops out the glycerin which is sold separately, it makes a great biodiesel. This fuel produces very little pollution and is renewable each year…just harvest some more. But of course, they won’t. It takes too much forethought and planning.

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