As fossil fuels continue to diminish in supply and increase in price, as the worldwide demand for fossil fuels grows, and as the environmental impact of fossil fuel consumption becomes more evident and less sustainable.

Biofuels have the potential to replace large amounts of oil. Achieving that potential requires cellulosic feedstocks and the technology to convert them to biofuels and bioplastics.

The biomass includes all the biological material that includes all of the living plants, animals and insects, and also the remains of all the dead plants, animals and insects on planet earth. The biomass therefore contains a massive amount of organic molecules with other chemicals such as carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen.