Biomass

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BIOMASS
By Samuel Desai

INTRODUCTION

Do you think that energy can be made from poop? Well it can! Biomass is a type of renewable energy derived from plant or animal byproducts. Biomass is made up of many sub-topics. Biomass can come from algae, trees, poop (scientifically called feces, or dung),and even trash!



PROS

  • You can use things that would otherwise be wasted. For example, you can use the sawdust from mills which would otherwise be burnt in a landfills and pollute the air even more!SEI 2
  • You can use trash to decrease landfill size. We have a limited space in our landfills! In fact, people need to cut down trees to make room for a landfill, polluting the air in the process. SEI 2
  • CARBON NEUTRAL- You produce virtually no carbon in the process SEI 2
CONS
  • Causes deforestation SEI -1
    • Counterclaim- You could use bamboo, which grows really fast, or something else. This makes this con only a SEI of -1 
  • EXPENSIVE- It costs a lot to make a biomass plant SEI -2
You can check out a power point I made here
(please not only MCPS students can view this)


I made a screen vid of it (above)

Note the link in it was to a youtube video you can view that link here


CONCLUSION

Biomass is a pretty good energy source. Since it has an SEI of 3, it would be a good source to invest in. It could replace dirty polluting fossil fuels.

SOURCES
science world (note: you must click students and use the password sugar15)
EIA
Biomass power association

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