Paper discusses the effect of global growth impacting petroleum & in turn driving or curtailing demand for BioD (biodiesel).Asian markets are very price sensitive: BioD becomes priority at feedstock producing centres for arresting prices from falling further & at consuming centres only if...

"Oil palms are ubiquitous--grown in nearly every tropical country, they supply the world with more edible fat than any other plant and play a role in scores of packaged products, from lipstick and soap to margarine and cookies. And as Jonathan E. Robins shows, sweeping social transformations...

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures, Graphs, and Maps -- Abbreviations Used in the Text -- Introduction -- 1. The Oil Palm in Africa -- 2. Early Encounters and Exchanges -- 3. From "Legitimate Commerce" to the "Scramble for Africa" -- 4. Oil Palms and the Industrial Revolution -- 5. Machines in...