A plant is mostly made out of what comes from the air, not what comes from the ground, so if you burn the plant residue it will go into the air and eventually will be used to make new plants.

And making the plant does take a lot of energy, which comes from the sun.

Umm, I need to check your work there HLJ.

But the moon is just the sun at night!

sugarcane itself degrades the soil more than just about any other crop you'll find. Farmers grow soybeans as a fallow crop once a year just to plow into the soil so it has at least some nutrient (nitrogen in particular). The whole suggestion of growing enough cane to create energy makes no sense. Sure, use what's left over from normal production, but don't destroy more land than is necessary.

But we need more sugar. Mmmm sugar. :yum:

I got your point but this is hyperbole :eyebrow:

efficient meat animals only require 7.5 lbs of grain for a 1lb gain. :p:

But I'd rather eat the meat than the grain. :dead3:

And without the meat, where are the organic people going to get the poop to put on their vegetables?

How about the meat eats grass and no one eats the grain?

I'd rather eat meat than grass.

Burn the grass and eat the meat?

Let the cows eat the grass and they won't give a rat's ass if I eat them.