Environmentalist
Biomass is plant matter used to generate electricity with turbines & produce heat, usually by direct combustion. Examples include things like dead trees, branches and tree stumps, yard clippings, wood chips and even solid waste. Biomass includes plant or animal matter that can be converted into fibers or other industrial chemicals, including biofuels. Industrial biomass can be grown from numerous types of plants, including hemp, corn, sugarcane, bamboo, and a variety of tree species.
Biomass is carbon, hydrogen and oxygen based. Biomass is derived from five distinct energy sources: garbage, wood, waste, landfill gases, and alco hol fuels.This is either using harvested wood directly as a fuel, or collecting from wood waste streams. The largest source of Energy from wood is pulping liquor or “black liquor,” a waste product from processes of the pulp and paper industry. Waste energy is the second-largest source of biomass energy. The main contributors of waste energy are solid waste , manufacturing waste, and landfill gas.
Biomass helps reduce global warming. The use of biomass as a primary fuel
source is beneficial to the environment. A group of engineers and research
scientists conducted a study that tested the effects of using corn stover (the
remnants after corn has been harvested) to make an ethanol-based gasoline. The
ethanol-based gasoline, consists of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline .
The research group concluded that a mobile car fueled
by ethanol based gasoline uses 95% less oil per kilometer than a car fueled by regular gasoline.
The decrease in oil results in a significant reduction of
greenhouse gases which are thought to contribute to global warning. The amount
of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide produced is reduced 254 grams per
kilometer, a 106% decrease.
Biomass however, is the burning of living and dead vegetation. It includes the
human-initiated burning of vegetation for land clearing and land-use change as
well as natural, lightning-induced fires. Scientists estimate that humans are
responsible for about 90% of biomass burning with only a small percentage of
natural fires contributing to the total amount of vegetation burned.
Burning vegetation releases large amounts of particulates
and gases, including greenhouse gases that help warm the
Earth. Greenhouse gases may lead to an increased warming of the Earth.
Studies suggest that biomass burning has increased on a global scale over the last 100 years, and computer calculations
indicate that a hotter Earth resulting from global warming will lead to more
frequent and larger fires. Biomass burning particulates impact climate and can
also affect human health when they are inhaled, causing respiratory
problems.
Biomass is carbon, hydrogen and oxygen based. Biomass is derived from five distinct energy sources: garbage, wood, waste, landfill gases, and alco hol fuels.This is either using harvested wood directly as a fuel, or collecting from wood waste streams. The largest source of Energy from wood is pulping liquor or “black liquor,” a waste product from processes of the pulp and paper industry. Waste energy is the second-largest source of biomass energy. The main contributors of waste energy are solid waste , manufacturing waste, and landfill gas.
Biomass helps reduce global warming. The use of biomass as a primary fuel
source is beneficial to the environment. A group of engineers and research
scientists conducted a study that tested the effects of using corn stover (the
remnants after corn has been harvested) to make an ethanol-based gasoline. The
ethanol-based gasoline, consists of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline .
The research group concluded that a mobile car fueled
by ethanol based gasoline uses 95% less oil per kilometer than a car fueled by regular gasoline.
The decrease in oil results in a significant reduction of
greenhouse gases which are thought to contribute to global warning. The amount
of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide produced is reduced 254 grams per
kilometer, a 106% decrease.
Biomass however, is the burning of living and dead vegetation. It includes the
human-initiated burning of vegetation for land clearing and land-use change as
well as natural, lightning-induced fires. Scientists estimate that humans are
responsible for about 90% of biomass burning with only a small percentage of
natural fires contributing to the total amount of vegetation burned.
Burning vegetation releases large amounts of particulates
and gases, including greenhouse gases that help warm the
Earth. Greenhouse gases may lead to an increased warming of the Earth.
Studies suggest that biomass burning has increased on a global scale over the last 100 years, and computer calculations
indicate that a hotter Earth resulting from global warming will lead to more
frequent and larger fires. Biomass burning particulates impact climate and can
also affect human health when they are inhaled, causing respiratory
problems.