HOW WILL WOOD BASED PRODUCTS REPLACE CURRENT PETROLEUM PRODUCTS?
“Advances in science, coupled with better understanding of the ecosystem, the biology of tree growth and the chemistry of breaking wood down, allow us to approach forest biorefining more efficiently than we have in the past,” says Stephen Shaler, a UMaine professor of wood sciences and technology and FBRI’s Science Director. “Almost anything that is now made from petroleum, can now also be made from wood.
