Sustainability in the Chemical Industry Grand Challenges and Research Needs (2006) / Chapter Skim
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6. Conclusions and Recommendations
6. Conclusions and Recommendations
Pages 80-90
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The next 20-100 years (20252105) in which the use of fossil fuels will be phased out, and where the ability to carry out green chemistry and engineering (built on fundamental understanding of the full life cycle impacts and toxicology of chemicals)
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1998. Green Chemistry Theory and Practice.
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Life cycle analytical tools are especially needed for comparing the total environmental impact of products generated from different processing routes and under different operating conditions through the full life cycle. This is another area that is already being explored, but will play an increasingly significant role in the chemical industry in the longer term as fossil fuels are phased out of use and application of green chemistry and engineering practices become critical.
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This includes any plant derived organic matter available on a renewable basis, including dedicated energy crops and trees, agricultural food and feed crops, agricultural crop wastes and residues, wood wastes and residues, aquatic plants, animal wastes, municipal wastes, and other waste materials.5 This is a long term challenge that will become increasingly important as fossil fuels are phased out over the next 100 years.
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consumes about 7.7 percent of all the energy (fossil fuels, electricity, etc.) resources used in the United States.7 6U.S.
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Addressing this challenge will be critical during the continued use of fossil fuels as the predominant source of energy and chemical feedstocks over the next 20 years, and will continue to be important even when renewable energy resources are predominant.
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of current and future use of fossil fuels is a grand challenge for sustainability for not only the chemical industry but life in general. As 8Thomas, S
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.13 This is a very significant burden that needs to be reduced if effective CO2 management is to be employed on a widespread basis. Addressing this challenge will also be critical during the continued use of fossil fuels as the predominant source of energy and chemical feedstocks over the next 20 years, and will continue to be important as long as carbon based fuels are in use.
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. Educational materials such as lab modules, LCA modules, and new textbooks that infuse sustainability and green chemistry concepts into the core material must be developed.
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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 89 Curricula are needed that incorporate sustainability concepts -- earth systems science and engineering, ecology, green chemistry, biogeochemistry, life cycle analysis, toxicology -- into secondary and tertiary education. Building on existing efforts and accelerating their delivery is needed.
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