producing plastics this way might require some investment, but the long-term gain would be that the process is much cleaner than petroleum-based methods. While using petroleum dumps new carbon dioxide into the air, the carbon dioxide released when extracting chemicals from plants is created from molecules that are already in the ecosystem.
In fact, would this not be a kind of carbon sequestration?
WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: Petroleum-Free Polymers from Fructose
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