The New Biomassters - Convention on Biological Diversity

Not enough Biomass? Let’s boost it…
Box: Biomass or Biomassacre?
Geoengineering the planet with biomass
Biomass Dumping
Ocean Fertilization (Marine Algae)
Biomass Energy with Carbon Sequestration
(BECS)
<strong>The</strong> <strong>New</strong> Biomass Economy: 10 myths
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Counting the Costs of Biomass Electricity I:
Gobbling fields and forests
Counting the Costs of Biomass Electricity II:
Threatening human health
Box: Incineration in Disguise
Switch 2: Liquid BioFuels: Liquefying
Biomass for Transport
Scoring an F – Failures of First Generation
Biofuels
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Part II – <strong>The</strong> Tools and Players
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“Survivors” of Generation F – Sugar
and Jatropha
Generation NeXt: Switching fuels
and feedstocks
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>New</strong> Bio-Alchemy – Tooling up for
the grab
Combustion
Chemistry
Biotechnology / Genetic Engineering
Nanotechnology
Synthetic Biology – <strong>The</strong> Game Changer
for Biomass
Synthetic Biology: Unpredictable, untested
and poorly understood
Synthetic Organisms as Biofactories
Synthetic Enzymes for Cellulose
Synthetic Plants – Changing the feedstocks
Box: Cellulose crunchers and fuel fermenters
on the loose?
Synthetic Bioelectricity?
Synthetic Biology’s Grab on Livelihoods –
Displacing Commodities
Box: Nanocellulose – Shrinking biomass to
grow new markets
What Is Switching?
Switch 1: Switching Power – Burning biomass
for heat and bioelectricity
Low Hanging Fruit
Box: Biomass Burning in the USA
Biomass Power in the South
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Cellulosic Fuels
Beyond Alcohol to Hydrocarbons –
Biogasoline, butanol, isopentanol,
hexadecane, farnesene
Beyond Cellulose: Algal Biofuels
<strong>The</strong> <strong>New</strong> Algal Crowd
Switch 3: Switching Chemicals – Bioplastic
and Biobased Chemicals
Bio-based Building Blocks
<strong>The</strong> Future is (Bio)Plastic?
Do Bioplastics Biodegrade?
Can Bioplastics be Recycled?
Are Bioplastics toxic?
Are Bioplastics Sourced Sustainably?
GM Crops, Synthetic Biology and
Nanotechnology
Can Bioplastics Be Done Right?
Conclusions: Earth Grab!
Recommendations: Towards Global
Governance
Annex: Table of Next-Generation
Biofuel Companies
Endnotes
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