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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 84, Issue 7, Pages 960-970Publisher
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1139/V06-117
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biomass; biochemicals; natural products; bioenergy
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Approximately 89 million metric tonnes of organic chemicals and lubricants are produced annually in the United States (T.M. Carole, J. Pellegrino, and M.D. Paster. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 115, 871 (2004)). The majority of these materials are fossil fuel based and may load the environment during use and at the end of their life cycle. Issues, such as disposal, pollution, and degradation, must be considered and weighed. As a result, the need to decrease pollution caused by petrochemical usage is currently impelling the development of green technologies. It is virtually inarguable that the dwindling hydrocarbon economy will eventually become unsustainable. The cost of crude oil continues to increase, while agricultural products see dramatic decreases in world market prices. These trends provide sufficient basis for renewed interest in the use of biomass as a feedstock and for the development of a carbohydrate-based economy as the logical alternative to fossil fuel resources.
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