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Shelly Kim & Seo-Yeon Choi
• biological renewable energy source from living or dead organisms (ex wood, waste, gas, and alcohol fuels).
• Renewable energy source• From: dead organisms• Power production• Alternative fossil fuel
Socio-cultural
Advantages• More jobs created for bio
mass• Balance employees at
power plant• 66,000 jobs are supported
by biomass
Disadvantages• Farmland -> lands for food
production– Less provision of food to the
world
Environmental
Advantages• Biomass can make
electricity and heat– Can replace fossil fuels
• More efficient than traditional rendering
• Doesn’t contribute to global warming
Disadvantages• Unstable
– Raising of beef cattle– Contributes to global
warming gases in the environment
• Huge amount of animal killing – MORE MEAT to replace fuel
Political
Advantages• Reduction of dependency on
imported oil– Countries don’t have to rely on
foreign bio fuels
• More jobs – 20X more jobs than coal and
oil
• Rural development and income opportunities
• Can create good relationships if exported
Disadvantages• Takes up too much energy
and resources of country• Biomass collection is
difficult and expensive– Politicians may argue whether
it is worth the cost
Overall
Advantages• Less demand on fossil fuel • Cheaper than fossil fuel• More environmentally
friendly
Disadvantages• Burn biofuel: Produces
greenhouse gas• Expensive when building• Higher demand: forcing
mass production of crops -> infertile soil
Graph below shows how capable biomass is as an alternative source of energy
Shows how biomass takes up a lot of land
Graph showing how cheap biomass is
Energy forecasters predict that biomass will generate 4.5% of the kilowatt-hours consumed in the U.S. — more than wind and
solar combined.
As the graph illustrates biomass is expected to remain the second-largest source of renewable electricity generation
(behind hydropower) through 2030. Of all the renewable energy sources, biomass is the fastest growing, going from 11% of the
total in 2007, to more than 41% in 2030.
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