Nano World: Nano replacement for petroleu

[JBeukema]

The petroleum used to make adhesives, coatings and in the future, inks and even plastics, could get replaced with nanoparticles of sugar and starch, experts told UPI's Nano World.

Nano World: Nano replacement for petroleum

 

[Big Fitz]

Interesting.

I sense only two potential problems.

1. As long as we don't pretend this is an attempt to 'solve' global warming, it seems a viable alternative. It's been pointed out many times how little petroleum is used in manufacturing plastics et all, it would undermine the argument for their use.

2. It will ultimately become necessary to be able to produce these materials in industrial scale and I don't know how long it will take to ramp up to that.

These are minor quibbles comparatively. As a proponent for nanotechnology myself when applied properly, I hope it does work out.