Editorial overview: energy biotechnology.

نویسندگان

  • Korneel Rabaey
  • Arthur J Ragauskas
چکیده

The world population of approx. 7.1 billion will grow by 17–54% by 2050. The world economy in 2050 will be four times larger than today and is projected to need 80% more energy in 2050. And, global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are on track to increase by 50%, primarily due to growth in energy-related CO2 emissions. The current boom in petroleum resources extracted by enhanced hydrocarbon recovery systems can deal with the increased demand for energy and fuels. However, we need to remember each barrel of hydrocarbons replaced by an alternative feedstock is one less barrel in the future and contributes to our atmospheric carbon challenges.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Current opinion in biotechnology

دوره 27  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014