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At present, the organic chemistry generally starts from a feed stock which originates from fossil fuels. Since the latter are limited, a search for bio-based feed stocks has been launched worldwide in order to make a transition to a so-called bio-economy. Most often bioethanol and biodiesel are named as potential new vectors for the chemical industry. Yet the overall eco-efficiency of the production of these feed stocks is low and controversial (DeWulf et al., 2005; Kim and Dale, 2005).
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Verstraete, W. (2010). Biogas-Based Sustainable Bio-Economy. In: Timmis, K.N. (eds) Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77587-4_253
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