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INDONESIA IS BURNING AND DEFORESTING 150 MILLION YEAR OLD OXYGEN PRODUCING RAINFOREST WITH MILLIONS OF UNIQUE LIVES IN THEM - TO PLANT SUGAR CANES AND PALM OIL TREES FOR: BIOFUEL READ THAT AGAIN‼️‼️ DO YOU STILL BELIEVE THE ”CLIMATE” AGENDA?!?! Biofuel is a central part of the project, not a side note. In the Merauke Food and Energy Estate (South Papua), the Indonesian government is clearing large areas for sugarcane specifically so that the cane can be used for two things: 1Sugar (for national self-sufficiency) 2Bioethanol (ethanol fuel, to be blended into gasoline) This is framed as part of Indonesia’s broader push for food and energy self-sufficiency, following Brazil’s model of using sugarcane for ethanol. Officials have repeatedly said they want Merauke to start producing bioethanol by around 2027. Scale •The sugarcane component is planned on a very large scale (hundreds of thousands of hectares, with some figures going up toward 1–2 million ha across clusters). •The project includes integrated sugar mills + bioethanol plants (investment estimates around US$5–6 billion for major clusters). •Bioethanol is meant to come mainly from molasses (a byproduct of sugar processing), with the overall goal of reducing Indonesia’s reliance on imported fuel. Why it matters for the deforestation The “energy” part of the Food and Energy Estate is a key official justification for the massive land conversion. Clearing rainforest, savanna, and peatland for these sugarcane plantations is directly tied to the biofuel plans. In short: biofuel (bioethanol from sugarcane) is one of the main official reasons the Indonesian government is driving the large-scale clearing in Merauke, alongside rice production.