Biomass Energy and Fuels

What Is Biomass?

• biomass is material from living or recently living organisms
• different  types of biomass that are all used for different things
• Examples of biomass include: corn, scrap lumber, garbage, etc.

Pros

• Truly a renewable fuel
• available around the world
• much cleaner than fossil fuels
• fairly inexpensive to produce
• will never run out

Cons

• process of utilizing energy is expensive
• sometimes deforestation can occur
• some types of biomass aren't available year-round
• sometimes it releases pollution

My Opinion

• Biomass energy is a good thing
• there are ways to prevent the air pollution
• it is overall better for the environment
• it is available to most people around the world
• America should take the opportunity to utilize this fuel

How Does it Work?

• the biomass fuel is burned
• the heat from the burning biomass turns water to steam
• the steam turns turbines
• the turbines generate electricity

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