The availability and price structure of energy and raw materials have always determined the technological base and thus the expansion and development of industrial chemistry. However, the oil crisis was necessary before the general public once again became aware of this relationship and its importance for the world economy.
Coal, natural gas, and oil, formed with the help of solar energy during the course of millions of years, presently cover not only the energy, but also to a large extent chemical feedstock requirements.
There is no comparable branch of industry in which there is such a complete interplay between energy and raw materials as in the chemical industry. Every variation in supply has a double impact on the chemical industry as it is one of the greatest consumers of energy. In addition to this, the non-recoverable fossil products, which are employed as raw materials, are converted into a spectrum of synthetic substances which we meet in everyday life. The constantly increasing demand for raw materials and the limited reserves point out the importance of safeguarding future
energy and raw material supplies.
All short- and medium-term efforts will have to concentrate on the basic problem as to how the flexibility of the raw material supply for the chemical industry on the one hand, and the energy sector on the other hand, can be increased with the available resources. In the long term, this double function of the fossil fuels will be terminated in order to maintain this attractive source of supply for the chemical industry for as long as possible.
In order to better evaluate the present situation and understand the future consumption of primary energy sources and raw materials, both aspects will be reviewed together with the individual energy sources.
The availability and price structure of energy and raw materials have always determined the technological base and thus the expansion and development of industrial chemistry. However, the oil crisis was necessary before the general public once again became aware of this relationship and its importance for the world economy.
Coal, natural gas, and oil, formed with the help of solar energy during the course of millions of years, presently cover not only the energy, but also to a large extent chemical feedstock requirements.
There is no comparable branch of industry in which there is such a complete interplay between energy and raw materials as in the chemical industry. Every variation in supply has a double impact on the chemical industry as it is one of the greatest consumers of energy. In addition to this, the non-recoverable fossil products, which are employed as raw materials, are converted into a spectrum of synthetic substances which we meet in everyday life. The constantly increasing demand for raw materials and the limited reserves point out the importance of safeguarding future
energy and raw material supplies.
All short- and medium-term efforts will have to concentrate on the basic problem as to how the flexibility of the raw material supply for the chemical industry on the one hand, and the energy sector on the other hand, can be increased with the available resources. In the long term, this double function of the fossil fuels will be terminated in order to maintain this attractive source of supply for the chemical industry for as long as possible.
In order to better evaluate the present situation and understand the future consumption of primary energy sources and raw materials, both aspects will be reviewed together with the individual energy sources.
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