Welcome to the Glass Age

122 industries to take over basic tasks from humans, seamlessly interacting with our daily lives. As Elon Musk has said, we have already become Cyborgs. “If you forget your phone at home, a simple thing, you will feel helpless. Without your phone you will miss numbers, contacts, your agenda, maps, and no communication anymore, nothing to do while waiting. Who still knows the phone numbers of all the people you know inside your phone?”. Summary and outlook With the acceptance of Industry 4.0 automation, the required 55% reduction of carbon emissions should be possible before 2030 through • Improved glass recycling (in both amount and quality). • Greater use of low-cost green electricity, in hybrid or all electric furnaces. • The use hydrogen for combustion or electricity generation. Figure 7.12. Batch coverage of about 62 m 2 over several reversals. Source: Glass Service, a.s. Figure 7.11. Batch coverage converted into a bird’s eye view. Source: Glass Service, a.s.