Environmental & Analytical Toxicology

Biorefineries - A Powerful Tool to Diminish the Human Footprint

Abstract

Rui Galhano dos Santos

On the edge of petroleum exhausting and dependency, solutions are needed. In this short commentary/opinion an overview of the presence of human being in the have caused, and the solutions that can become a tool to address some of those issues. The biomass concept is discussed and presented as an alternative to producing products to compete with those from fossil sources towards the implementation of biorefineries.