Forbes does not burn Sugarcane Fields:
Traditional harvesting of sugarcane requires the burning of cane fields before the cane can be cut. Burning the cane causes serious environmental damage and permanently affects the surrounding ecosystem. The smoke from burning cane has a negative respiratory health effect on those exposed to it.
The mechanical harvesting tractors used by Forbes Energy cut cane without burning it first. The tractors, like all of Forbes Energy’s harvesting and transporting equipment are fueled by ethanol—produced on site. Not only does this mechanized harvesting technology provide an environmental benefit, but cutting “green cane”—it actually yields higher sucrose levels—means more ethanol.
Use of Organic Fertilizer Produced by Forbes Energy:
Through the use of new technology Forbes Energy will produce and use its own organic fertilizer on its fields. This closed cycle approach to agriculture has a wide range of environmental benefits versus traditional approaches. Traditional cane farms are dependent upon the use of phosphate fertilizers -- currently widespread throughout agricultural world. Agri-businesses rely heavily on chemical fertilizers to boost crop yields and output productivity. Unfortunately, many of these chemical fertilizers have negative effects on the land to which they are applied. The production of chemical fertilizers also adds carbon emissions to the atmosphere.
This is yet another example of Forbes Energy’s Zero-Environmental Impact philosophy.
Ethanol as a fuel source:
In an effort to bring the Ethanol vs. Gasoline debate to its simplest form, Forbes looks at the energy market at the most simple level:
Burning ethanol as fuel emits 1⁄4 the carbon while using less than 1⁄4 the O2 than that of gasoline.
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