Palm oil, a liquid produced by palm trees and used for cooking and other purposes, has become very popular in recent years. As a result, the palm oil industry has had a dramatic impact on the economies and landscapes of countries in which it operates. When asked to make a recommendation about whether expanding palm oil production even more would be good or bad for the environment and the economy, many experts have stated that palm oil production has several positive effects and should be expanded.
First, the experts point out that palm tree farming helps preserve the world’s forests. Palm trees have a very high oil yield – far higher than that of other crops. For this reason, farming palm trees requires less land than farming other crops to produce the same economic value. Since palm tree farms require relatively little land (compared with many other crops), palm tree plantations require the clearing of smaller areas of forest than many other crops would. In other words, palm tree farms cause less deforestation and therefore have a lesser negative impact on the environment than other types of crops.
Second, palm oil is sometimes used to produce biodiesel, a fuel for motor vehicles. Using biodiesel in vehicle engines create fewer carbon emissions than using traditional fossil fuels does. Carbon emissions are known to contribute to climate change. Biodiesel from palm oil, when used as an alternative to fossil fuels, can help reduce this effect.
Third, palm oil production helps reduce poverty among small-scale farmers. About 50 percent to 70 percent of land used for farming in palm-oil-producing countries is actually cleared by small-scale, low-income family farmers. Growing palm trees is usually more profitable for such farmers than growing other crops, and it has in many cases helped improve the farmers’ standard of living.
Both the reading and the lecture discuss the effects of palm oil on the environment. The author of the reading believes that palm oil production has several positive impacts on the environment and economy. But the lecturer thinks that none of the reading passage reasons are supported by facts. He notes some negative points of the oil palm trees.
Firstly, the author of the reading passage mentions that palm trees cause the decrease the deforestation because these types of trees don't require the clearing of vast areas of forest. In other words, they have the same economic value as other crops by the need for less land. The professor casts doubt on the claim made by the author. He asserts that palm trees lead to deforestation more and more because farmers prefer to grow them for more profit. Also, he says that in one country 7000 square meters of forests are converting to farmland every minute.
Secondly, the reading passage states that palm oil can produce a special material called biodiesel, which can be a perfect alternative to fossil fuels and as a result, it is able to help the climate quality. In contrast, the lecturer points out that is not a good substitution for fossil fuels, because during the biodiesel generation process plant materials called peats have been burnt and lead to produce a huge amount of carbon emissions.
Finally, the author of the reading insists that oil palm is a valuable material and can help to decrease the farmers' poverty, especially the other farmers who grow other crops. the lecturer, conversely, contends that it is hard that small-scale farmers to control the palms' farming lands, and the large ones will be more successful in that. Consequently, it cannot be helpful for poor farmers who often lose control of the palms' lands.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 135, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...orestation because these types of trees dont require the clearing of vast areas of f...
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Line 4, column 110, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'farmers'' or 'farmer's'?
Suggestion: farmers'; farmer's
...e material and can help to decrease the farmers poverty, especially the other farmers w...
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Line 4, column 177, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: The
...the other farmers who grow other crops. the lecturer, conversely, contends that it ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, conversely, finally, first, firstly, second, secondly, so, in contrast, as a result, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 22.412803532 89% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 30.3222958057 106% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1487.0 1373.03311258 108% => OK
No of words: 303.0 270.72406181 112% => OK
Chars per words: 4.90759075908 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.17215713816 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.49500148381 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 163.0 145.348785872 112% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.53795379538 0.540411800872 100% => OK
syllable_count: 451.8 419.366225166 108% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 54.5458055029 49.2860985944 111% => OK
Chars per sentence: 106.214285714 110.228320801 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.6428571429 21.698381199 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.85714285714 7.06452816374 125% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.259232097598 0.272083759551 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0925587236464 0.0996497079465 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0608301025532 0.0662205650399 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.155680654909 0.162205337803 96% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0356808977976 0.0443174109184 81% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 13.3589403974 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 53.8541721854 109% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.2 12.2367328918 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.38 8.42419426049 99% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 63.6247240618 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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