Sustainable future

The need for long-term clean power will be a controversial but necessary issue in the twenty-first cen-tuity. The debate will focus on the deregulation of the power industity and the needs of consumers, coupled with what is best for the environment. For certain applications, solar technology has proven to be efficient and reliable. The question remains whether solar will be wholly embraced as energy options for a sustainable future m a climate of cheap fossil fuels and less than enthusiastic public support. 

The need of modern science to achieve a sustainable future development has been shown in many circumstances in society. Finding strategies less harmful to the environment has been a quest for research in several areas, such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and food industries. With that purpose, the increase in research and development of more applications of xylan and its derivatives has shown the versatility of this biopolymer, thus helping the search for sustainable alternatives. 

Biofuels rely on organic feedstocks such as plant oil, food wastes and trees but their larger scale and rapid exploitation to meet government targets is stressing large areas of land and associated systems such as water, food production and recreation. A truly sustainable future for biofuels and other eco-system exploitation for industrial value requires a better understanding and more quantitative assessment of a number of critical issues ... 

While advancing green chemical inventories is critical to a sustainable future, it is important to remember the big picture when designing products and processes - it is not just about hazard. Once the hazard assessment and evaluations are complete, and as part of the implementation stage, it is important to step back and consider the big picture when developing products. As noted earlier, a sustainable product - one that meets the criteria for Cradle to Cradle Design ... 

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Given these facts, we need to reduce our energy consumption and environmental damage to the extent we can, and come into balance with natural energy recovery and production processes. We need to develop truly sustainable energy consumption practices for a sustainable future (8). 

Patel (1995). Fuel Cell Chapter XIII of the volume Overview of Energy R D Options for a Sustainable Future. Contract JOU2-CT93-0280. European Commission DGXII. 

Abstract Sustainable future use of land containing unexploded ordnance requires... 

PVC 2002 Towards a Sustainable Future. Proceedings of a conference held Brighton, 23rd-25th April 2002. London, IOM Communications Ltd., 2002. Paper 50, p.496-503, 21cm, 012... 

The need to recognise that the issues will have to be resolved in a world where perception is reality and regulations are driven more than by political pressure and public sentiment than by scientific reason, technological practicality or economic feasibility. Perception may not be the whole of reality, but if we deny that it has become an important aspect of reality we will not understand how to devise a sustainable future for ourselves. 

As population or affluence grows, so does pollution. Ultimately the world population should stabilize and future pollution levels should be lower for any per capita standard of consumption. A stable population is a critical part of a sustainable future. 

The initial GM fuel cell will generate 75 kilowatts of power which is enough electricity for fifty average homes. Dow and GM plan to ultimately install up to 400 fuel cells to generate 35 megawatts of electricity. That would be enough power for 25,000 average sized American homes. While this may seem like a lot of capacity, it represents only two percent of the total Dow needs at this site. Dow believes that this will make them less dependent on fossil fuels and help usher in a more sustainable future. 

Boyle, Godrey, Editor, Renewable Energy Power for a Sustainable Future, Oxford, England Oxford University Press, 1996. 

International Energy Agency (IEA), Energy to 2050 Scenarios for a Sustainable Future, 2003, ISBN 92-64-01904-9. 

We are thus facing a significant and rapid change in our oil-based economy to progressively introduce renewable raw materials. The development of new catalysts concepts and solutions will be a key component in this transition, as it was in the past in the change to the current oil-based economy. Investment in a sustained research effort on catalysis implies an investment in a better and more sustainable future for our society. 

White Biotechnology Gateway to a More Sustainable Future, 2003 www.europabio.org... 

Ramage, J., Scurlock, J. 1996. Biomass, in Renewable energy-power for a sustainable future, G. Boyle (Ed.). Oxford University Press, Oxford. 

CEEP Phosphates, a sustainable future in recycling. Centre Europeen d Polyphosphates, 1999. Giesen, A. Eliminate sludge. Ind. Wastewater 1998, 6. 

FROM HYDROCARBONS TO HYDROGEN TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE... 

From Hydrocarbons to Hydrogen Towards a Sustainable Future... 

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