<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>itronitron</author><text>In the US most of the biomass is tilled into or left on the field to reduce erosion, and some is bundled and used as fuel in electrical generators.</text><parent_chain><item><author>bergenty</author><text>On a tangent, how does the rest of the world do this? Is it just machinery that tills the soil to bury the old plants?&lt;p&gt;Also, what are the downsides to just leaving the stubble on the land?</text></item><item><author>whywhywhydude</author><text>Despite being banned by the supreme court, farmers are still burning the crop stubbles. And nobody wants to enforce the rule because it’s a political suicide. Another instance of failed democracy where you need to appease to a vocal minority even if it means smog and deaths for the rest.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Toxic smog has turned India’s capital into a ‘gas chamber’</title><url>https://globalnews.ca/news/9252830/india-smog-new-delhi-gas-chamber-pollution/</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>SoftTalker</author><text>No-till farming is fairly widespread in the USA though certainly not exclusive.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.britannica.com&amp;#x2F;topic&amp;#x2F;till-less-agriculture&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.britannica.com&amp;#x2F;topic&amp;#x2F;till-less-agriculture&lt;/a&gt;</text><parent_chain><item><author>bergenty</author><text>On a tangent, how does the rest of the world do this? Is it just machinery that tills the soil to bury the old plants?&lt;p&gt;Also, what are the downsides to just leaving the stubble on the land?</text></item><item><author>whywhywhydude</author><text>Despite being banned by the supreme court, farmers are still burning the crop stubbles. And nobody wants to enforce the rule because it’s a political suicide. Another instance of failed democracy where you need to appease to a vocal minority even if it means smog and deaths for the rest.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Toxic smog has turned India’s capital into a ‘gas chamber’</title><url>https://globalnews.ca/news/9252830/india-smog-new-delhi-gas-chamber-pollution/</url></story>