SUPER ABSORBENT POLYMERS A  Pathway  to  Prosperity  

                                                                       

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MAKING BETTER USE OF WATER WITH POLYMERS What  You  Should  Know:  

• Super  absorbent  polymers  can  absorb  300  to  400  times  their  weight  of  water  and  can  absorb  water-­‐soluble  nutrients,  herbicides,  and  pesticides.    

• The  use  of  superabsorbent  polymers  in  agriculture  reduces  the  need  for  irrigation,  fertilizers,  and  other  water-­‐soluble  chemicals.  

• The  less  costly  the  input  in  producing  crops,  the  cheaper  food  becomes,  and  the  better  it  is  for  the  environment.  

• As  enthusiasm  and  subsidies  have  increased  for  bio-­‐fuel  crops  such  as  ethanol,  croplands  have  been  over-­‐farmed  in  an  unsustainable  manner  with  fertilizers,  herbicides,  and  pesticides.  Super-­‐absorbent  polymers  allow  for  greater  sustainability  and  production  by  reducing  the  amount  of  chemicals  required  to  make  cropland  productive.    

• Super  absorbent  polymers  can  be  produced  as  an  extension  of  producing  synthetic  natural  gas  from  coal.  

• Coal  to  synthetic  natural  gas  conversion  helps  stabilize  and  reduce  the  volatility  of  the  natural  gas  market  due  to  a  dependable  low  cost  feedstock,  coal.  America  was  the  first  nation  to  scale  this  commercially.  

• Molten  Salt  Reactors  produce  a  tremendous  amount  of  heat  that  can  make  the  production  of  synthetic  natural  gas  both  cheap  and  environmentally  friendly.  

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