An Internet search was made to find companies that are offering chemical products based on synthetic biology technologies and are products, when produced using synthetic biology technologies, and used in significant quantities, might significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions compared to how they are mostly produced now.
The flowing table identifies eight companies and the products being produced based on synthetic biology technologies:
|
products produced |
|
|
Genomatica |
alcohol,
from microbes |
|
Lanzateck |
alcohol,
from microbes |
|
Huue |
dyes from
microbes |
|
Colorifix |
dyes,
from microbes |
|
Pivot
Bio |
nitrogen
for fertilizing, using microbes |
|
Bolt
Threads |
polymer,
(protein-based), used in textiles |
|
Geltor |
polymer,
(protein-based), used in textiles |
|
Spider |
polymer,
(protein-based), used in textiles |
Each of these products (alcohols, dyes, nitrogen, and polymers) currently are produced needing substantial amounts of fossil fuel raw materials (RM) and when produced from this RM source generate enormous amounts of carbon dioxide emissions.
If producing these products using synthetic biology technologies
do release significantly less carbon dioxide than producing them using fossil
fuel RM, and if producing by synthetic biology technologies could produce needed
product quantities, this, it seems to me, would be of significant importance.
