Why synthetic biology is the peak of carbon dioxide emission?

"Green manufacturing" is an important way to realize sustainable development in 2 1 century, and bio-manufacturing has great potential in energy saving and emission reduction. According to the statistics of Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, compared with the traditional petrochemical route, the current bio-manufactured products can achieve an average of 30%-50% energy saving and emission reduction, and the future potential will reach 50%-70%.

Products that once needed to be extracted from animal and plant resources, as well as petrochemical products, can now be made by synthetic biology. We can produce bird's nest acid without stealing Jin Siyan's nest; We can get the high-quality protein we need without breeding; We can get starch without planting; We can produce the corresponding raw materials without picking ginseng, Artemisia annua and Rhodiola. We can make biodegradable materials and biofuels without exploiting oil. Synthetic biology can not only save animals and plants, but also reduce cultivated land, make more land return to forests and maintain biodiversity.

The ultimate goal of synthetic biology is to replace the original petrochemical factory or plant extraction and animal extraction with cell factory, which consumes more energy and emits more carbon, and the production through cell factory can greatly reduce carbon emissions and improve efficiency. From agricultural civilization, industrial civilization to bio-economy driven by synthetic biology, its essence is from the utilization of natural resources to efficient utilization, and then to protection and re-creation-this is the essence of synthetic biology's "reshaping the earth's resources".

Therefore, synthetic biology is an important way to realize the green growth of industry and wealth under the goal of "double carbon". From "building knowledge" to "creating application", synthetic biology, with its endogenous logic of reshaping the earth's resources, provides new ideas and solutions for human and natural crises, which will have a far-reaching impact on the sustainable development of the global economy and society in the future.