Oh dear, it’s the year 2050 and Santa Claus can no longer cope with delivering presents to nine billion people.
And there’s worse – over prescribing of animal antibiotics means reindeer are no longer immune to the growing menace of ‘reindeer-itis’¹ – causing them to lose their magical power to fly around the world.

Santa needs an alternative energy supply urgently. Is there anyone who can save Christmas with an efficient, powerful, low carbon and renewable source of energy to power Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve?
Continue reading Can chemical engineers help Santa? (Day 211)