Author: Committee on Biobased Industrial Products
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309521858
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 163
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Petroleum-based industrial products have gradually replaced products derived from biological materials. However, biologically based products are making a comeback--because of a threefold increase in farm productivity and new technologies. Biobased Industrial Products envisions a biobased industrial future, where starch will be used to make biopolymers and vegetable oils will become a routine component in lubricants and detergents. Biobased Industrial Products overviews the U.S. land resources available for agricultural production, summarizes plant materials currently produced, and describes prospects for increasing varieties and yields. The committee discusses the concept of the biorefinery and outlines proven and potential thermal, mechanical, and chemical technologies for conversion of natural resources to industrial applications. The committee also illustrates the developmental dynamics of biobased products through existing examples, as well as products still on the drawing board, and it identifies priorities for research and development.
Author: Richard S. Silberglitt
Publisher: Rand Corporation
ISBN: 0833079255
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 78
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A high percentage of many raw and semi-finished materials critical to U.S. manufacturing are imported. China is the controlling producer of 11 of these materials and has instituted export restrictions that have led to two-tier pricing, creating pressure to move manufacturing to China. This report suggests the need for actions to mitigate the impact of such market distortions on the global manufacturing sector.
Author: United States. National Resources Committee. Science Committee
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Category : Research
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
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Category : Antimony
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
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Category : Lead industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
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Category : Iron industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
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Category : Zinc
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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Author: Friedrich-W. Wellmer
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319912291
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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This is the first book that analyses the future raw materials supply from the demand side of a society that chiefly relies on renewable energies, which is of great significance for us all. It addresses primary and secondary resources and substitution, not only from technical but also socioeconomic and ethical points of view. The “Energiewende” (Energy Transition) will change our consumption of natural resources significantly. When in future our energy requirements will be covered mostly by wind, solar power and biomass, we will need less coal, oil and natural gas. However, the consumption of minerals, especially metallic resources, will increase to build wind generators, solar panels or energy storage facilities. Besides e.g. copper, nickel or cobalt, rare earth elements and other high-tech elements will be increasingly used. With regard to primary metals, Germany is 100 % import dependent; only secondary material is produced within Germany. Though sufficient geological primary resources exist worldwide, their availability on the market is crucial. The future supply of the market is dependent on the development of prices, the transparency of the market and the question of social and ethical standards in the raw materials industry, as well as the social license to operate, which especially applies to mining. The book offers a valuable resource for everyone interested in the future raw material supply of our way of life, which will involve more and more renewable energies.
Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
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Category : Copper industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 726
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Category : Federal aid to research
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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