Biomass energy: green or dirty?

January 10, 2020
Forward by, Ray Langella, Rapid Cooling.net

Credit(s) ; Physics World, from the article; Biomass energy: green or dirty?

Biomass energy: green or dirty (Physics World; January 08, 2020) Kate Ravilios

Before you jump into the article linked here I need to point something out right off the bat of concern. That switching over to renewable or alternative forms of energy which in theory sounds great is not as easy as many of those in fear of Anthropogenic Global Warming would lead you to believe. I for one believe that wind Solar and maybe Biomass may have it's place in some very small applications. But, absolutely and I do mean absolutely in no way do believe they should currently be substitute for fossil fuels at this time. Just for starters here is what I think is one of the key quotes and takeaways from the article; "Because the combustion and processing efficiencies for wood are less than coal, the immediate impact of substituting wood for coal is an increase in atmospheric CO2 relative to coal,” John Sterman explains. “This means that every megawatt-hour of electricity generated from wood produces more CO2 than if the power station had remained coal-fired" Basically, this statement may also to bring to mind many of the other deficiencies that Windmills, Solar Energy and of course as you will see Biomass Energy seems to possess. While there are many problems associated with these forms of Alternative the article written by Kate Ravilios in its entirety is both Fair and Balanced and is a great read.  One thing that concerns me is when will we run out of waste material that we can use for Biomass Energy and have to cut down the Forrest to keep up with demand with wood pellets?