If the market softens on a particular product, the franchisee can produce other fibre or cellulose forms or shut down production in increments of forty dry basis tonnes of input material per day. Indeed, in most instances there is no advantage in shipping the components elsewhere for conversion to products for the market. This capability makes small mills more viable and the technology will produce many more jobs and higher wages than conventional pulp systems from the same amount of input material. As a consequence there are no sulphur dioxide emissions from the plant that result in acid rain or mercury pollution of the surrounding environment. This in turn will radically reduce and in most instances eliminate the need for herbicides.
Herbicides are only necessary when clear cutting for coniferous reforestation is practiced.
Since the total tree is used including the bark, it will be economical for the tree harvester to leave a clean harvesting site. Among other advantages, this will result in reduced forest fires, which often occur as a result of dead and dry forest floor debris left by clear cutting operations. A patch or strip of deciduous forest is considered by forest experts to be an effective fire break. This carbohydrate fraction will one day displace glucose as the fermentation substrate for bioconversions to a large number of both new and old products. Thus, they produce three times as much cellulose and oxygen and consume three times as much carbon dioxide as coniferous varieties.