NABC 12: An Overview
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With rapid world growth and changing consumer demands and attitudes, sustained economic and social development will depend upon a secure supply of raw-material inputs for manufacturing needs. Continued depletion of limited global natural resources supports the concept of supplying industrial production and energy needs through the use of renewable, or biobased, resources. The United States has a highly productive agricultural system, which, in addition to providing basic food, feed, and fiber, can produce significant plantand animal-based resources for use as basic building blocks in industrial production. There is an opportunity for agriculture to become a major source for production of energy, chemicals and materials in the twenty-first century. Many believe that movement toward a biobased economy is the most significant opportunity for agriculture in more than 100 years. Various national activities in 1999 and 2000, such as the Presidential Executive Order for a biobased initiative, the National Research Council Report on Biobased Industrial Products, and the Epcot Millennium Exhibit document the expanding enthusiasm for this opportunity. The use of biobased renewable resources as raw products for manufacturing holds potential utility for many industries including liquid fuels, organic chemicals, polymers, fabrics, and health-care products. Use of biobased resources for energy production may reduce our need for fossil fuels, impacting national and international security concerns. This will have major implications regarding our access to energy, and may influence balance-of-trade issues, jobs, and military expenditure to ensure our access to oil. Current industrial chemicals and materials are mainly fossilbased, and a shift to producing these from biobased materials shows promise. However, several economic, environmental and societal issues will develop NABC 12: An Overview
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