1. Biomass By: Alex 2/17/11 4.2

2. Introduction Biomass is a renew- able resource. It is made from trash. It’s burned for electricity. It is also from the environment. http://www.blm.gov/or/arra/images/spokan e/LambertCreekBiomass1.jpg

3. Renewable or Not? Yes! It is renewable. It can always be resourced and replaced. The reason for this is because it is like corn, manure and other things that we can replace. http://www.cert.ucr.edu/images/Biomass%20in %20car.JPEG.JPG

4. Location Oregon and Maine produce a lot of biomass. It is mainly in the mid-west and around California. You can mostly grow plants everywhere so you can have biomass. http://teeic.anl.gov/images/photos/map_bio mass.jpg

5. Recovery When people throw away trash, they reuse it and make electricity. It makes electricity and motors run. http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/energyexp lained/images/BIOMASSTYPES1. gif

6. Uses Wood, fruit pits, manure, and corn cobs are all biomass. They can be burned for energy. Methane also comes from biomass decaying. http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/expl orations/10chile/background/meth ane/media/methane2b_600.jpg

7. Uses Garbage is another source of biomass. It can be burned to generate steam and electricity. We can add yeast to biomass to produce an alcohol called Ethanol. http://www.in.gov/oed/images/Ethan ol_Molecule_-_small.jpg

8. Environmental Impact It can pollute the air although not as much as Fossil Fuels. Burning it does create pollutants like sulfur, which can produce acid rain. Growing plants for biomass fuels may reduce greenhouse gasses.

9. Advantages It makes sense to use waste materials where we can. The fuel tends to be cheap, Less demand on fossil fuels.

10. Disadvantages Collecting or growing the fuel in sufficient quantities can be difficult. We burn the bio-fuel, so it makes greenhouse gasses just as fossil fuels do.