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

按照目前的资源使用速度，以澳大利亚人的生活水平计算的世界人口将需要4到6个地球。短期到中期需要解决现有的和即将出现的资源短缺（水、电、化学原料）和相关的温室污染问题。新的催化剂和工艺及其与高效精炼流程的新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，也是澳大利亚在这个将推动21世纪经济和政治变革的领域展示科学领导地位的一个重要机会。

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.