Renewable fuels and chemicals from fibrous organic waste and non-food crops

按照目前的资源使用率，世界人口与澳大利亚的生活水平将需要四到六个地球。需要在中短期内解决现有和即将出现的资源短缺（水、电力、化学原料）和相关的温室污染问题。新的催化剂和工艺以及它们与有效精炼流的新颖整合旨在实现所需的突破，这将使木质纤维素生物质成为可持续解决方案的广泛采用。这是澳大利亚解决化石燃料难题的一个重要机会，也是在一个将推动世纪经济和政治变革的领域展示科学领导力的一个重要机会。

At current rates of resource usage, a world population with Australian standards of living would require between four and six planets. Solutions to existing and impending resource scarcity (water, power, chemical feedstocks) and associated greenhouse pollution are required in the short- to medium-term. The new catalysts and processes and their novel integration into an effective refining stream are designed to deliver the required breakthroughs, which will enable the broad adoption of lignocellulosic biomass for a sustainable solution. This is a major opportunity for Australia to address the fossil-fuel conundrum, and to show scientific leadership in an area that is set to drive economic and political change in the 21st century.