New Nano-Cellulose Fibers

The fibers & resulting plastic are lighter & stronger than traditional plastics

FRP with less petroleum used in the manufacture

Question if we can make plastics stronger will that not lead to more uses. There for the need of more plastics. A lot of which are produce from petroleum products. Not to belittle the the research or the development. We could use stronger plastics. Just seems they are selling it as a cure for petroleum usage. Which it may not.

Right the fibers don't require petroleum, but what about the heat to make the fibers?

there are some resins derived from corn & the like, but they don't have the longevity of stuff from oil

Ideally plastics & lubrication are the best possible uses for petroleum products

I wonder what the total life cycle comparisons look like for

bioplastic

plastic

steel

Presumably, we can use solar process heat for refining nanocellulose. As a reinforcing agent for standard thermoplastics, it lets us economize on the total tonnage of plastic quite well. There have also been long-standing successes at making plastics from peanuts and soybeans, with fairly small amounts of petroleum-derived ingredients.

Process natural fiber using paper technology.Extract nano materials escaped in pulp filtration ,mould it and use the products,hard ,light weight,heat resistant ,photo voltaic , echo friendly.