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[โ€“] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But it also means its a food quality type of thing to avoid, which realistically is probably a better way to get to most people than the environment that they don't seem to care about if it saves them even a single penny. Tell them it tastes worse.

[โ€“] LwL@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Funnily enough palm oil is, in isolation, one of the more environmentally friendly oils (based on land and water use). This is probably in direct relation with it being cheap. Switching to other oils is still better because the deforestation of rain forest being so much worse overall, but the real solution as is so often the case has to be lower plant oil use in general.