http://inhabitat.com/ford-investigates-coconuts-as-replacement-for-petroleum-in-car-parts/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Mon, 20 May 2013 06:38:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://inhabitat.com/ford-investigates-coconuts-as-replacement-for-petroleum-in-car-parts/comment-page-1/#comment-356525 coty parco Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:53:21 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=309681#comment-356525 bimmer has been using coconut coir fibers eons ago! bimmer has been using coconut coir fibers eons ago!

]]> http://inhabitat.com/ford-investigates-coconuts-as-replacement-for-petroleum-in-car-parts/comment-page-1/#comment-356309 Bambinooo Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:02:06 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=309681#comment-356309 Sounds cool, but this post could have been vastly improved by actually showing an image of the coconut fiber plastic and not some generic Ford concept car. Sounds cool, but this post could have been vastly improved by actually showing an image of the coconut fiber plastic and not some generic Ford concept car.

]]> http://inhabitat.com/ford-investigates-coconuts-as-replacement-for-petroleum-in-car-parts/comment-page-1/#comment-356290 lazyreader Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:58:31 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=309681#comment-356290 There are coconut palms and there are oil palms. Needing the vast array of coconut material to make these parts would require more palm trees which means palm plantations out in the tropics that will displace the rainforest............just like when the eco-nuts were saying, palm oil is a renewable and cleaner fuel, that'll solve our energy issues. Palm oil producers have been accused of various human-rights violations, from low pay and poor working conditions to theft of land and the ousting of critically endangered species like the orangutan and tigers that live in the areas suitable from palm production. There are coconut palms and there are oil palms. Needing the vast array of coconut material to make these parts would require more palm trees which means palm plantations out in the tropics that will displace the rainforest…………just like when the eco-nuts were saying, palm oil is a renewable and cleaner fuel, that’ll solve our energy issues. Palm oil producers have been accused of various human-rights violations, from low pay and poor working conditions to theft of land and the ousting of critically endangered species like the orangutan and tigers that live in the areas suitable from palm production.

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