I spent 4 winters in South Texas and I can tell you that burning sugar cane does pollute. In Texas they call it the black snow. I read that Brazil has banned the burning. They strip the leaves and compost them. In Michigan, where I am from, sugar beets are raised and they don't burn them.
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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Because people's livelihoods depend on it?
Plus, I was watching Nova the other night and learned that forest fires were part of the natural cycle of nature and fire puts elements back into the soil and it is cyclical. Look here;
forest fires are part of the natural cycle - Bing |