Welcome to the Glass Age

123 Generating hydrogen using green electricity will become important post-2030. The 2050 goal of an 80% CO 2 reduction, will require large amounts of green electricity and a functioning hydrogen economy to replace fossil fuels for glass production, and transportation to and from the factory. Industry 4.0 automation will continue its forward progression. A dark glass factory may be difficult to imagine by 2030, but not by 2050 when the light from hot gobs falling from the forehearth spout will be all that illuminates the factory hall. References [1] https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ contemporary-european-history/article/glass- recycling-container-in-the-netherlands-symbol-in- times-of-scarcity-and-abundance-19391978/ D4119AC7A38C4D29486557CCACF3D4FC [2] https://www.gpi.org/a-circular-future-for-glass [3] https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/ handle/JRC68281 [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_glass [5] https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail. php?id=12631 [6] https://www.lifeoptimelt.com [7] https://www.oxyfuel-heatrecovery.com/sites/ oxyfuel_heatrecovery/files/2017/03/28/oxygen- natural_gas-preheating-for-oxy-float-glass-air- liquide.pdf [8] https://www.lifecleanox.com/sites/cleanox/ files/2018/05/30/extractpage_glass_worlwide_may- june_2018.pdf [9] https://www.ecoheatox.com [10] https://patents.google.com/patent/US230668A/en [11] https://feve.org/about-glass/furnace-for-the-future [12] Glass Service, a.s. data, with Gob Input Data from Cortex.