Mucilage associated BNF is carbon neutral& SAF offers a better trade off. Possible solution to the problems well mentioned here & accurate Fermi calculation predict the preliminary budget for this sustainable initiative "Sugarcane + Oil - Sugar = O
@stuartestrand Plants are limited by resources & the competition for them, too - NPK, light, water… So they have to husband these. But agreed that they may sometimes have surplus carbon, chiefly because e.g. N is limiting. See https://t.co/9uHGVj6Ca1
@GeorgeMonbiot This article analyzes prospects for ‘oilcane’ (sugarcane engineered to store triglycerides instead of sucrose, which at present is a concept not an actual crop) as a source of SAF. The bottom line is that this is not viable on several counts
@FarmerSimonC @samdknowlton 💯 agree that the plant pays sooner or later. In some cases the cost may be small though ⬇️ Note that we’re only talking here about supplying 10% if the total N requirement, however. https://t.co/ZlJBijvVS9