We have an entire page devoted to palm oil, along with a recent picture of what it takes to grow it. It's not a pretty sight.

This issue has been getting increasing attention lately, including a long story in the New York Times. The only way to be sure you're not buying biodiesel with at least some logged, burned, and drained tropical rainforest in it is to buy only from biodiesel companies that use only North American oils. Look for producers who use only one or more of these: canola oil, domestic soybean oil, used oil, and domestic animal fats.

Less well-known, but equally disturbing, is what has been happening to tropical rain forests to make way for soybean farming in South America. Here is a pair of images that give a hint of what has been happening. Unfortunately, this has been going on for some time, and may now be accelerating as a result of the biofuels boom.

Again, the only way to be sure you're not buying biodiesel with at least some logged, burned, and drained tropical rainforest in it is to buy only biodiesel made from North American oils. This means canola oil, domestic soybean oil, used oil, and domestic animal fats.

We will never use -- and we have never even considered using -- anything but Northwest- produced oil to make our biodiesel.

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