I don’t understand the significance of this. What if we found huge quantities of sugar, what does it mean to me, to the oceans, to the environment? Not trying t

I don’t understand the significance of this. What if we found huge quantities of sugar, what does it mean to me, to the oceans, to the environment? Not trying to be flippant, I am not able to make the connection, but can someone dumb it down and spell it out for me?