The number of people on this planet is growing. Oil resources are running out and the level of CO2 is increasing rapidly – likely to a level were dramatic and irreversible climate change will happen.
It is therefore urgent that we all become better at using the renewable resources we have available. All our renewable resources must be used in the most optimal way - including biomass. We believe bioethanol is the first step in that direction.
Bioethanol is an important step on a journey that will take us along a new way of thinking about plants – and about our resources in general. Everything that today is made with oil can in principle be made based on biomass. Bioethanol can be the first part of a paradigm shift replacing fossil fuels as oil and gas with renewable sources. The bioethanol industry helps establish the technology and the infrastructure that will make it possible in the future to replace oil and gas in everything from water pipes to fleece jackets. A whole range of materials and chemicals could be replaced with materials made from sustainable and renewable biomass from nature. The challenge is to achieve all these benefits in a sustainable way.
New way of thinking about resources
Crops are essential for food and feed production, but they also contain elements that can be used for energy and for other commodities. There are many methods to produce bioethanol and, done the right way, it is possible to produce sustainable energy while ensuring food and feed production to meet the global needs.
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The bioethanol industry helps establish the technology and the infrastructure that will make it possible in the future to replace oil and gas in many industries. |