They are made by hydrogenating cottonseed or palm oil and are used throughout the supplements
industry as lubricants; they are added to the raw materials so that machinery will run at maximum speeds.
Not exact matches
The readers of Food Processing magazine, a leading worldwide trade journal for the food and beverage
industry, has voted LUBRIPLATE
as their favorite
lubricant supplier for three consecutive years.
But even other applications, such
as using it for
lubricants or
as feedstocks for the chemical
industry, would help reduce our dependence on fossil - derived carbon.»
short answer A bad idea, since (i) they produce CO2 (partly responsible for the rise in global warming), (ii) there is a limited amount of fossil fuel from which we make valuable materials such
as lubricants and plastics, (iii) fossil fuel resources are finite, so burning them means we are consuming a resource we can never replace, and (iv) we can actually build new
industries and create many new jobs developing renewable sources of energy instead of burning fossil fuels.