http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/08/coconut-telecommunications-economic-empowerment/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:05:57 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/08/coconut-telecommunications-economic-empowerment/comment-page-1/#comment-11248 Neal Reardon Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:20:51 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/08/coconut-telecommunications-economic-empowerment/#comment-11248 This is not palm oil! Coconut oil comes from, yep, coconuts. Palm oil comes from the African Oil Palm - which is a nasty invasive monocolture crop. Coconut oil, on the other hand, provides a local and sustainable alternative to diesel. And Papua New Guinea is covered with coconut trees. This is not palm oil! Coconut oil comes from, yep, coconuts. Palm oil comes from the African Oil Palm – which is a nasty invasive monocolture crop.
Coconut oil, on the other hand, provides a local and sustainable alternative to diesel. And Papua New Guinea is covered with coconut trees.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/08/coconut-telecommunications-economic-empowerment/comment-page-1/#comment-11247 Neal Reardon Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:20:01 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/08/coconut-telecommunications-economic-empowerment/#comment-11247 This is not palm oil! Coconut oil comes from, yep, coconuts. Palm oil comes from the African Oil Palm - which is a nasty invasive monocolture crop. Coconut oil, on the other hand, provides a local and sustainable alternative to diesel. And Papua New Guinea is covered with coconut trees. This is not palm oil! Coconut oil comes from, yep, coconuts. Palm oil comes from the African Oil Palm – which is a nasty invasive monocolture crop.
Coconut oil, on the other hand, provides a local and sustainable alternative to diesel. And Papua New Guinea is covered with coconut trees.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/08/coconut-telecommunications-economic-empowerment/comment-page-1/#comment-11246 bandyhoop Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:17:55 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/08/coconut-telecommunications-economic-empowerment/#comment-11246 Not many wind turbine manufacturers in PNG I'd imagine...This is palm oil but they don't appear to be clearing rainforest to cultivate large plantations, and it's creating jobs and building up the local economy from the grass roots up... Not many wind turbine manufacturers in PNG I’d imagine…This is palm oil but they don’t appear to be clearing rainforest to cultivate large plantations, and it’s creating jobs and building up the local economy from the grass roots up…

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/08/coconut-telecommunications-economic-empowerment/comment-page-1/#comment-11245 Shau Tellmon Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:11:10 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/08/coconut-telecommunications-economic-empowerment/#comment-11245 Dang, their still burning something... seems like those towers could easily be powered by solar/wind. Heck you could use the same tower to hold the wind turbine, saving costs! Dang, their still burning something… seems like those towers could easily be powered by solar/wind. Heck you could use the same tower to hold the wind turbine, saving costs!

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/08/coconut-telecommunications-economic-empowerment/comment-page-1/#comment-11244 Dave Shires Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:58:30 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/08/coconut-telecommunications-economic-empowerment/#comment-11244 Is this the same thing as "palm oil"? If so, we're on the wrong track here. Palm oil is disastrously bad as they're clearing the living hell out of the rainforest to plant it: <a href="http://ran.org/what_we_do/rainforest_agribusiness/spotlight/" rel="nofollow">LINK HERE</a>. If this is something different, my bad, but can someone double check? Is this the same thing as “palm oil”? If so, we’re on the wrong track here. Palm oil is disastrously bad as they’re clearing the living hell out of the rainforest to plant it: LINK HERE. If this is something different, my bad, but can someone double check?

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