Can our petroleum-based market economy transition to renewable resources? According to scientists, politicians and industrial leaders, a 'biobased economy' is a sustainable alternative. What lies behind this optimism?

The bio-based economy promises to help solve some of the world's biggest problems, including climate change, species extinction, pesticide residues and depleted soil. It foresees that plants, fungi and insects will replace environmentally unfriendly coal and petroleum as raw materials, and that microorganisms will be used to produce chemicals.

But even these renewable resources require a production process, which brings new potential dangers. These include land appropriation, the destruction of already dwindling natural ecosystems and the exploitation of nature for profit on an increasingly large scale. This documentary examines the economic cycle as a whole, from biomass production to processing and end products.

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