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Singapore Smoke Haze
Dear Ms Sunarty AHMAD  Executive  Client Services
Removing the need to clear anymore rainforest is the key to clearing the skies over Singapore. I can optimise the Palm Oil industry and move to planting new plantations on Imperata grasslands this removes the need to fell anymore trees. The suggestions that I have for solving the ‘smoke haze’ would require a significant amount of discussion to enable you to understand the processes. I am wary of exposing our intellectual property, but I also realise that you will need further information to gain a greater understanding of what we can achieve. My aim is to form a ‘network’ that will carry out projects. To simplify matters I will look at just Palm Oil Trunks. I have previously prepared documents on Palm Oil Processing and include a selection from these….

Replanting Palm Oil – “The Next Decade”

For the next ten years this replanting presents a great opportunity to produce sugar, ethanol, RTP Green Fuel, building products, stock feed, plant derived plastic packaging, and paper. At the same time the replants will increase the yield of oil per hectare through use of better Palm Oil seedlings and their growth boosted with irrigation and fertilizer systems.

Then in 20 to 25 years’ time this plantation will be replanted...... again increasing the yield of oil per hectare through use of better Palm Oil seedlings and their growth boosted with irrigation and fertilizer systems.

Then in 20 to 25 years’ time it can again be replanted........ Ad infinitum…

H2Oasis Energy Pty Ltd
Address: 12 Caffrey Crescent, Port Willunga, South Australia 5173 Phone: +61 8 85566550 m. 0419810208 E-mail: h2oasisenergy@live.com.au

Palm Oil … Reflections on Opportunities.
For the past 5 years I have been focused on developing Solar Distillation and enveloping this technology into sustainable agriculture systems. H2Oasis Energy has become accustomed to taking our innovative technology and combining it with a host of existing

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