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Biomass
IT'S A FACT
ADVANTAGE
DISADVANTAGE
Biomass is a source of energy from plant materials and animal waste.
2. Biomass is a renewable energy source, we can grow more biomass.
3. Biomass is difficult to store and transport because it decays.
4. As biomass decays, more of its energy is available for use as fuel.
5. Biomass was the first source of energy harvested and used by humans.
6.
Some of the carbon dioxide created by burning biomass can be absorbed by planting new biomass,
7.
The amount of energy stored in blomass is less than the amount of energy stored in an
equivalent weight of a fossil fuel.
B.
Biomass can be used as a fuel because it captures and stores radiant energy from the sun through the
process of photosynthesis.
9. Less than 3% of American homes use biomass (burn wood) as their only heat source.
10. Biomass is abundant and can be produced almost everywhere in the U.S.
11. Burning biomass can produce odors and emissions.
12. Burning biomass in a waste-to-energy plant produces a small amount of U.S. electricity.
13. Biomass provides 4.9 percent of the nation's total energy demand.
14. Today, about 44 percent of biomass energy comes from wood.
15. The pulp and paper industries use waste wood to generate steam and electricity, meeting over half of
their own needs.
16. Biomass can be made into ethanol and biodiesel, transportation fuels that are cleaner-burning than
unleaded gasoline and traditional diesel.
17. Alcohol fuels made from biomass can be domestically produced.
18. Mixing 10 percent ethanol with gasoline produces E10, a cleaner-burning fuel used nationwide.
19. Burning biomass in a waste-to-energy plant reduces the amount of garbage sent to landfills.
20. Waste-to-energy plants use scrubbers and other technologies to reduce emissions and odors.
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