This could be useful in housing construction.

re; Dawar Saify
I think the disadvantage of highly toxic smoke in the case of fire outweigh any advantage it might offer.

@dawar: this does not use renewables and is from petrochemicals. Unless you are an oil sheikh, your application is misplaced , IMO. This should only be used where there is no other alternative. Housing applications are already using renewabled and recycled materials..why take a dozen steps backwards?

Most things that can be made with petrochemicals can also be made with plant based oils. Might take a bit more research.

This is polypropylene. PP doesn\'t produce \"highly toxic smoke.\" It does produce carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, just any other burning polymer. There are also quite a few very promising developments in creating propylene from renewable feedstock, especially non-food crops.

If it is fully recyclable then the use of petrochemicals will be offset by its\' continued recycling into affordable and lighter products.

In reality, recycling petrochemicals is primarily done with energy generated by petrochemicals. In some cases, burning the PP with energy recovery is actually favourable over recycling, because the non renewable energy used for recycling minus the energy you save by avoiding new PP production is higher.
Biocatalysis is a prime candidate for finding pathways for producing feedstock for PP out of renewable sources in the future however.

I\'d like to know how flame resistant it is. Carbon fiber can easily turn a small vehicle or aircraft fire into an inferno with tiny strands of fiber left to float in the smoke making inhalation more dangerous to firefighters. I\'d like to know if this will burn more slowly, so the fibers will be completely consumed instead of becoming airborne hazards, and also making firefighting easier.

Burn Baby Burn.... PP is basically a modified petrochemical wax and therefore will burn nice and easily. Also not sure about its use as an armor system where the max temp is 180f, there are many vehicles that when parked up in their current locations would easily exceed that temp. Also what is the spall angle reduction when used as a spall liner?

I too can see potential here. Little more research and plant fiber could prove usable. How about complete auto, truck or machinery operator compartments. More accident protection, possible. How about base structure repairs with retained structural integrity, possible. I'll take a spherical house, come on hurricane.