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Q: Okay, here’s a tough one, Is garbage and land fill the same? In reference to Biomass renewable energy?
Need info on Biomass renewable energy sources, only peer review articles for reference and as many quantitative as possible

A: i think you’re going to need to do the research yourself. especially if this is for school…
in short, garbage is anything unwanted and landfil is solid waste that gets buried, as opposed to solid waste that is burned or recycled.
check out J-STOR or one of those databases, or google scholar for those articles your looking for.

Q: Describe all of the renewable energy alternatives: wind power, solar energy, and biomass fermentation?
o What are some challenges with using and managing wind power, solar energy, and biomass fermentation as alternative renewable
energy resources?
o Name at least one other renewable energy resource.
o Include a response to the following: Nonrenewable energy resources include coal,
oil, and natural gas. Describe three common challenges with managing
nonrenewable energy resources.

A: Okay, I don’t think anyone’s taken this seriously yet, so…

How about, hydro-electric, geothermal steam, wind turbines, augmentative passive solar, such as water heating and daylighting (somwhat different then solar lighting, or skylighting, although skylights count.) Also let’s not forget rain harvesting, and gray-water usage.these save water, and energy from a treatment, billing, delivery standpoint.

Now that I asnwered the name other part: challenges, what happens when there is no sun/wind/water-flowing, if you have all of these, it won’t happen that often, but when it does, are batteries a practical solution? Won’t they eventually wind up in land-fill off-gasing? If you only use one or two of the 3 majors, what about when any of those aren’t available? Availability is still a big concern, hopefully that will be the next stock-market bubble and drive a massive influx of green-products.

The common challenges with non-renewables, rather than starting from an environmental standpoint, how about we start with what they’re called. NON-RENEWABLE, eventually we will run out. It’s theorized that we’ve found all oil on earth, and will start a downward turn on production by somtime in 2008 or 2009. Aside from that, there’s the obvious global warming issues.

O hope this helps some.

Q: Is biomass better than nuclear and other renewable energies and is biomass energy important?

A: Biomass isn’t the best idea – we don’t want land for energy sources replacing the land that was previously used for food production. Biomass needs to be removed from the equation, frankly it’s a terrible idea.

So in short, nuclear and other renewables are much better than biomass (although studies have shown that wind power isn’t particularly effective, even in the windiest of conditions).

Q: Does biomass as a renewable energy release greenhouse gases?
this has confused me terribly, and I do not know the answer. One website says it emits gases, another says long term use of biomass will lead to decreased greenhouse gas emissions.

Maybe it emitts, just emitts less?

I really just dont know! Please help

Thank you, :)

A: It depends.

There is “sustainable biomass” and “non sustainable biomass”. And there are “gross emissions of CO2″ and “net emissions of CO2″.

Non sustainable: you can for example cut down the rainforest to use the wood as a fuel and not grow back the forest.
In this case, you increase the CO2 in the atmosphere since it will NOT be reabsorbed by the same surface of forest growing. In this case, the gross CO2 and the net CO2 emitted are the same as the difference between both (trees re-absorbing the CO2 to grow) is equal to zero.

These emissions are known as LUCF emissions (Land Use Change and Forestry)
————————–
Sustainable:
The same scenario with a forest exploited in a sustainable manner.
The gross CO2 is the same as before (as wood contains carbon).
The net CO2 = (Gross CO2) – (reabsorbed CO2 from trees growing) = 0

Q: why does burning a renewable biomass fuel, such as wood, not add to the greenhouse effect??????

A: This relies on the renewable nature of the biomass. As you have correctly noted, burning the biomass releases CO2 which would add to the greenhouse effect.

But the point is that you then renew the biomass by growing some more of it, and growing the second lot of biomass absorbs the CO2 released by burning the first lot. So then you burn the second lot and then grow a third lot, ans so on.

The same amount of CO2 is being continually released and the re-absorbed, so there is no net addition to the greenhouse effect.

Q: Is biomass better than nuclear and is it better than other renewable energies and why is it important?

A: Biomass is not better than nuclear or other. The amount of energy we can get from it is not very much – Biomass relies on waste, and unless we waste more, then we can’t get more. Solar, wind, hydroelectric, and tidal are the best renewable forms. All have very little impact on the environment if done correctly, and can produce more then enough energy for the foreseeable future.

Q: Are fuelwood, biomass and biogas renewable or non-renewable energy sources?

A: On a residential level – I’ve always considered that if you have enough property to sustain your firewood use, then it is should be regarded as renewable. In my area that would require roughly one acre per home.

Q: Is biomass truly renewable?
I mean sure you can keep producing biomass but in the end you are still burning biomass. This releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, increasingly enhancing the effects of climate change. It may renewable but it should not be considered renewable. Any thoughts?
thoughts on the question, please

A: We couldn’t change the balance of CO2 in the atmosphere if we really worked at it. Don’t worry about it.

Go for a drive and think about it. 880,000 tons of atmosphere per person on earth.

Q: why haven’t we used biomass as a renewable energy yet?
I want to know what the barriers are if any to implementing biomass a s a renewable energy

A: We are increasingly beginning to use biomass as a renewable energy. I’ve seen several recent studies on the use of different sort of structures of biomass to gain the greatest amount of BTUs. In the US one of the main concerns is the cost effectiveness of transporting biomass, it is generally difficult for a company to make a profit on it if the market doesn’t support it. Another issue is the ability to do it in a sustainable manner. This is a problem in some other countries where it is a very common source of energy.

Q: Is biomass renewable or nonrenewable?
examples of biomass are- uses corn, soybeans, grasses, trees, or garbage.

A: Yes, biomass is renewable. It’s better than coal, oil or petrolium.

Q: Crops as renewable energy…. need info about ethanol and biomass?
i really need some information about renewable energy but only biomass if you know anything that might help please let me know. the questions i need answered are 1) what crops are used in the US for renewable energy, 2) what are the pros and cons of using crops as energy 3) any other information on biofules

A: Crops for renewable energy are generally a bad idea. They appeal to those who think there must be a way of solving our energy and climate change problems without interfering with business as usual. As such they appeal to our politicians who would otherwise have to announce the end of economic growth. Naturally politicians fear that they would lose votes conveying such a message and they latch on to any alternative.

Why are energy crops a bad idea? Because they push up the cost of food and they encourage further deforestation. Increased food costs impact more on the poor and lead to social unrest and war which impacts on everybody. Deforestation adds to global warming which will also cause economic and social upheaval.

The only real solution to the energy crisis and global warming is to adopt simpler, less wasteful lifestyles and to generate energy from sustainable sources such as wind, wave, tide, geothermal, solar and hydro sources. The good news is that we can make a start individually. We will find simpler, less wasteful lifestyles more fun than trying to keep up with what the neighbours spend and we will demonstrate to governments that there are votes in adopting more sustainable policies instead of jumping from one crisis to another.

Best wishes

Q: explain why biomass is renewable, while coal and oil which also came from plants and animals are not.?

A: Biomass is a renewable energy source because the energy it contains comes from the sun. Through the process of photosynthesis, chlorophyll in plants captures the sun’s energy by converting carbon dioxide from the air and water from the ground into carbohydrates, complex compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. When these carbohydrates are burned, they turn back into carbon dioxide and water and release the sun’s energy they contain. In this way, biomass functions as a sort of natural battery for storing solar energy. As long as biomass is produced sustainably—with only as much used as is grown—the battery will last indefinitely.

Q: Is biomass renewable or non renewable? ?

A: Biomass is a renewable resource. Using biomass has been considered for use of renewable energy.

Q: biomass renewable energy?

A: biomass renewable energy? I guess you want to gather as much info as possible, if that’s the case then these few articles will be very helpful to you

http://renewableenergyarticles.blogspot.com/2009/11/biofuels.html

Q: why are fossil fuels considered to be nonrenewable, and why is biomass considered to be renewable?

A: Fossil fuels (look at the word) are from plants and animals from millions of years ago.

“Biomass, a renewable energy source, is biological material derived from living, or recently living organisms, such as wood, waste, and alcohol fuels. “

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