Knock on wood: why trade and brand will trump tech in the advanced bioeconomy

Among government policies in your ask, you focused on R&D help to advanced early-stage technologies, incentives to help with deploying technology at scale, and carbon pricing to internalize the benefits you bring to society into returns for the investors you need.

You told us that the days of the single-molecule producer are over, and you said that you were looking to deploy multiple commercial-scale facilities in the next few years. Residues and woody biomass — sustainable, affordable, reliable and available — these are your preferred near-term feedstocks.