In this high-tech environment, it is easy to forget that the early part of the ethanol production line consists of labourers spending long days swinging machetes in hot fields of charred cane.

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Under normal circumstances, Deeley's interpretation of the forecast is infallible, as long as he clings to the gnarly, magical "Arcadian" cane while the rodent whispers the forecast into his ear.

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