Chemical Engineering in Everyday Life – Question 46: What can chemical engineers do to prevent people from going hungry in the event that there is no food available?
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We Chinese still have vivid memories of going hungry. Whether it was from 1876 to 1879, 1929, 1942, or 1959 to 1961, it was truly a brutal time. Suppose, suddenly, all the common plant-based foods (all kinds of grains, sweet potatoes, potatoes, taro, cassava, sugarcane, sugar radishes, etc.) disappeared, while other things such as plants and trees remained. As people in the chemical industry, how can we ensure that the ordinary people have something to eat and won’t starve? Let’s discuss this openly within scientific boundaries, and I will then propose a few solutions. Please utilize your knowledge of reaction engineering and separation processes.
I think it mainly extracts vitamins and other things that people need. . . . .
Starches, first and foremost, provide energy; cellulose is converted