"source" said:


http://articles.news.aol.com/business/_a/bio-plastics-revival-makes-gains-at/20070419064409990001?cid=1712

Although most petroleum-based chemicals remain substantially cheaper, high oil prices have bolstered the economic rationale for making plastics, foam and lubricants from plants grown in the Midwest.
Soybeans and corn are showing up in carpets, disposable cups, salad bags, AstroTurf, candles, lipstick, socks, surfboards, cooling fluid in utility transformers, and even the body panels of Deere & Co. harvesting combines. There has also been growing demand from retail giants like Wal-Mart Stores Inc., newly sensitive to environmental pressure, for packaging made from renewable plastic.--------
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While the fledgling biochemicals market is meager, some adherents figure it could be a $150 billion industry if optimistic projections -- that they will replace 10% of the petroleum used to make chemicals globally by 2020 -- pan out. Today, less than 2% of U.S. chemicals come from crops. "Clearly, momentum is building," says Bhima R. Vijayendran, a chemist working on making polymers from crops at Battelle.
Red, The only thing I could locate is that in 2020 bio-plastics will replace 10% of petroleum used to make chemicals. So I guess my concerns are underway image

Druid