It's an oil palm trunk from a palm that got too tall to harvest so they push it over and compost it back into the soil. They slice it like this to rapidly compost the trunk because a fungal disease called Ganaderma, the fungus survives well in the big trunks but not at all in sliced trunks.
I was an enviro officer for an oil palm company
Regardless Wikipedia is notorious for biased articles, shaping public opinion. Even the collection of sources can contain bias, by omitting information.
While I am not a palm oil or seed oil hater, there are other topics on which Wikipedia has lost my trust completely.
How do you think Wikipedia is biased? To serve whose interests? And how does it work since anyone can contribute, including you, and contributions are verified also by anyone, including you?
Contributions are often locked on controversial topics, leaving the articles in favor of the latest editor. Also there are whole discord groups that coordinate changes to serve an agenda. There are articles which i cannot edit because they have been locked
About 20% of all palm oil is RSPO certified. Individual consumers are a tiny fraction of purchases of palm oil. The big food companies with operations in Europe and the U.S are very concerned about tainted (due to environmental damage etc.) palm oil entering their products because the consumer boycott backlash is real. The negative view of palm oil means that companies do not advertise their use of palm oil in their products even if they use RSPO certified palm oil.
Most of the palm oil is now going into China, India and other countries with a lower per capita GDP so those consumers often can't make sustainable choices.
It was an Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and Rainforest Alliance certified plantation so we didn't clear any new forest but we had to reforest about 500hectares (1235 acres) mainly along waterways due to the certification rules. ( Buffer Zones)
It was immensely satisfying making plantation managers reforest riverways ( my team wasn't popular within the company)
Interesting. I would imagine these plantations to be very large. I'm surprised there is no specialized equipment. Would this not take forever to slice an acre of palm trees?
Not sure if oil palm trunk can be use for lumber. Traditional way, the plantation owner will recycle this trunk back into the ground, let it decompose and replant.
Nowadays, they're sold to biomass power plants. Cutting it into smaller pieces makes transportation easier.
Mulch would be my guess. I could be way off, but Palm trunks might be too damp and fibrous for a standard wood chipper, so cutting into slices might be a way to start breaking it down easier without clogging up equipment
Unless there is an oddball use, it will decompose much faster this way. An entire tree will take a long time, those pringles might take less than a year and have better spread than a rotting log
From a response further up in the thread
“It's an oil palm trunk from a palm that got too tall to harvest so they push it over and compost it back into the soil. They slice it like this to rapidly compost the trunk because a fungal disease called Ganaderma, the fungus survives well in the big trunks but not at all in sliced trunks. I was an enviro officer for an oil palm company”
maybe someone will know - do they ever automate big machines like this? skilled operators are always the best, but i imagine certain routines could be done almost like CAD/CAM. I look at this giant thing and I think "hey kind of like a 3d printer..."
Ah yes forbidden pringles
the wild part is how my brain immediately went yep those really do look like the off limits pringles you’d find in some cursed snack aisle
What is this? A snack aisle for giants?
Or a cursed snack isle…
Scrolled to find the Pringles comment. Thank you.
"Fuck it, CUT EM UP!"
Once you chop
What do they do with the slices? Seriously asking.
It's an oil palm trunk from a palm that got too tall to harvest so they push it over and compost it back into the soil. They slice it like this to rapidly compost the trunk because a fungal disease called Ganaderma, the fungus survives well in the big trunks but not at all in sliced trunks. I was an enviro officer for an oil palm company
Environment officer for an oil palm company is the most
tautologicaloxymoronic job description everIt was at times very difficult and every morning we would pray that no one would fuck shit up so we could concentrate on restoration.
Just curious, were you in a relatively developed area or you out on some remote Pacific island?
In PNG, on an island called West New Britain. Great place, lovely people but wild A.F
I've obviously never been there, but I actually know of the island of New Britain!
I knew somebody from Rabaul ( which I think was destroyed in an eruption about 30 years ago) when I was in college.
Rabaul lives! Other side of the island though. Rabaul is a strategic port so Australia and the U.S are upgrading it I think.
Only thing better would be "Palm Oil Officer"
You mean oxymoronic?
Yes, thank you. Definitely not at my sparkling best today
how so?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_and_environmental_impact_of_palm_oil
Got a link thats not Wikipedia?
There are 120 sources with links on the wiki page under resources
Regardless Wikipedia is notorious for biased articles, shaping public opinion. Even the collection of sources can contain bias, by omitting information.
While I am not a palm oil or seed oil hater, there are other topics on which Wikipedia has lost my trust completely.
I'm guessing those other topics include global warming and vaccines?
No im pro vax mandate and a climate change believer
How do you think Wikipedia is biased? To serve whose interests? And how does it work since anyone can contribute, including you, and contributions are verified also by anyone, including you?
Contributions are often locked on controversial topics, leaving the articles in favor of the latest editor. Also there are whole discord groups that coordinate changes to serve an agenda. There are articles which i cannot edit because they have been locked
Then find the sources that tell a different story than the ones the Wikipedia page is based on?
I do, but it shapes the public perception
Wikipedia articles have reference sections for primary sources.
I understand, but their summaries and source selection is biased, at least in other topics
Go to Grokpedia and stop trolling.
Wtf is that?
Nah, palm oil is the most efficient vegetable oil. 400% better yield than soybean.
Agreed. The fearmomgoring is unbelievable. You can easily find sustainable sourced Palm Oil.
Just because you as a consumer can find it, doesn't mean that the majority of large food manufacturers actually use it.
About 20% of all palm oil is RSPO certified. Individual consumers are a tiny fraction of purchases of palm oil. The big food companies with operations in Europe and the U.S are very concerned about tainted (due to environmental damage etc.) palm oil entering their products because the consumer boycott backlash is real. The negative view of palm oil means that companies do not advertise their use of palm oil in their products even if they use RSPO certified palm oil.
I don't really see how only 1/5 of palm oil being certified as sustainable is evidence of it being generally sustainable.
Most of the palm oil is now going into China, India and other countries with a lower per capita GDP so those consumers often can't make sustainable choices.
The fuck it is. The sheer raping of the land by palm plantations is a horror
Well we raped the forests in north america to advance our agriculture but that's ok? We can do it but they can't.
So cool. I live in a tropical country and so confused by what kills the palms. Here they cut the top and burn it.
🤝
lol, leave it to Reddit to have an expert for everything :D
Thanks for the answer, was really wondering.
Palm oil and palm kernel oil are so gross and leave a slime in my mouth. No one else seems to think this happens though
I’m allergic to palm oil, so while I don’t experience the oily mouthfeel, I’m joining you on the Palm Oil Hater train
Yo can I get the number 2 with a side of tree chips
How many trees did you put behind bars in your time? You ever worry they'll seek vengeance?
It was an Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and Rainforest Alliance certified plantation so we didn't clear any new forest but we had to reforest about 500hectares (1235 acres) mainly along waterways due to the certification rules. ( Buffer Zones) It was immensely satisfying making plantation managers reforest riverways ( my team wasn't popular within the company)
Interesting. I would imagine these plantations to be very large. I'm surprised there is no specialized equipment. Would this not take forever to slice an acre of palm trees?
I wondered the same thing. What’s the purpose of this? Wouldn’t a complete log be more useful for lumber?
Palm trees in general aren't great for lumber because the fibers can separate while drying. They could be prepping the field for mulch and replanting
Isn’t that because a palm is technically grass and not a tree?
Palms are classified as herbs, like their close relatives: grasses, bamboos, bananas, and sedges.
Bananas are herbs confirmed
Not sure if oil palm trunk can be use for lumber. Traditional way, the plantation owner will recycle this trunk back into the ground, let it decompose and replant.
Nowadays, they're sold to biomass power plants. Cutting it into smaller pieces makes transportation easier.
Forbidden potato chips.
Serious answer, it just makes it easier to handle and dispose of.
Giant crisps
Mulch would be my guess. I could be way off, but Palm trunks might be too damp and fibrous for a standard wood chipper, so cutting into slices might be a way to start breaking it down easier without clogging up equipment
Unless there is an oddball use, it will decompose much faster this way. An entire tree will take a long time, those pringles might take less than a year and have better spread than a rotting log
Pringles
Chop them
Fry them in palm oil.
Tree chips
It's obviously how sliced almonds are made. The next step is the shrink ray.
It's like cursed banana chips 😂
To prevent some kind of beetle from nesting in a dead tree that could have infected the healthy tree.
From a response further up in the thread “It's an oil palm trunk from a palm that got too tall to harvest so they push it over and compost it back into the soil. They slice it like this to rapidly compost the trunk because a fungal disease called Ganaderma, the fungus survives well in the big trunks but not at all in sliced trunks. I was an enviro officer for an oil palm company”
This only works with palms because they aren't trees, they're really big grass.
Right, they're definitely not going to do that with the Pin Oak in my back yard.
This is how McCoys crisps are made.
To shreds you say?
And his wife?
To shreds you say?
Oh dear
What is wanna know is who sharpened that blade??
I never knew he had a tv series
Forbidden Pringles
Forbidden tater chips
Potato chips
This is where Pringles come from
Shaving almonds
But do they liquify in a pan with just a little oil?
Blursed potato chips
Walkers are branching out, one crisp per bag.
The forbidden pringle
This is where Pringles are made
XXXL pringles 😂😂
No sound? That is one of the rare moments where I miss it… the slicing sounds mesmerizing
Here’s the post with sound, though there are debates that the sound was added later on & doesn’t sync exactly
https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/1bc6los/cutting_a_tree_into_sections_pringles_edition/
So this is how pringles are made
Big Pringles
They look like giant almond slices
Pringles for that damn wood eating giant.
That's some soft wood.
Cursed Kettle Chips
Is this how crisps are made?
Wood chips
Looks like potato slices
Pringles for beavers
mmmm pringles
I'm getting carpal tunnel just watching this.
bro i can't even slice salami with a knife this well
Mmm scalloped potatoes
Forbidden Pringles.
Goodbye forest.
Pole-tato chips
That is potato chipping, not shredding. Some people are dumb.
"What is this?
A schoolpotatoes au gratin forantsgiants?"Lord, I wonder how many hours did it take that machine operator to get that d$mn good!!!!
Well now I'm craving chips.
...and that is how Pringles are made!
awesome !
now pour the concrete
Gif has no sound, which has always been the most satisfying part of this clip.
That thing has got to be seriously sharp
Ah. The good old potato tree. Just fry those slices up!
How Pringles are made?
It's time for /u/F1exican to move on from chives to something bigger
Anyone else getting a craving for some Pringles?
I want to fry and eat them
send this operator over to r/kitchen confidential, he needs some training
mmm potato chip
Forbidden potato chip
Giant Lays potato chips
Treetato chip
In the Lay’s factory somewhere a midget dreams of this machine…
Forbidden crisps.
r/forbiddensnacks
Those are big ass potato chips
Potato chip
Potato chips
Forbidden chips
potato chips for beavers
Think this is how they make Pringles
Those are some big potato chips
Forbidden potato chips
Wood chips
Gonna need a bigger deep fryer.
Nothing satisfying about this. Leave the trees alone
Those are not trees.
I don't see any trees in the video. Lots of palms, but no true trees.
maybe someone will know - do they ever automate big machines like this? skilled operators are always the best, but i imagine certain routines could be done almost like CAD/CAM. I look at this giant thing and I think "hey kind of like a 3d printer..."