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Biomass is any organic material that's created by plants and animals. This includes all parts of plants, animal flesh and excretions such as for example manure. Biomass in abundant with energy you can use for fuel which is called biofuel.
Fossil fuels are also a biomass since it's believed which they come from ancient plants and animals. But usually when people talk about biomass they're referring to material made out of sources that are alive now or were recently.
Biofuel is usually discussed like it was a brand new technology that we may use in the future to simply help solve our energy supply issues. But humans have already been using biofuel since the beginning of humanity. The foodstuff we eat is a kind of biofuel that individuals wouldn't exist without. Humans also have used plant materials such as wood wax and whale oil as a fuel to burn for heat and light for a large number of years.
Newer technologies have allowed us to use biomass to make other biofuels. Biomass can be burned to power electric generators or changed to methane, alcohol or bio diesel for powering our cars. These processes are energy intensive meaning plenty of energy is lost in converting biomass into the other styles of fuel or energy. Due to this these biofuels have not been economical or practical.
With all the technology starting biofuel research the one form of biofuel that we have already been using since ancient times still remains the absolute most efficient and practical. Burning biomass such as wood for direct heating remains the most efficient.
In place of emphasizing attempting to use biomass to fuel our cars and generate electricity we possibly may be better off using it to heat our homes and buildings. Firewood might not be practical for most people but pellets produced from wood along with other biomass could be. Burning pellets is economical, clean and could be the best way to utilize energy in biomass.
For people who want to use biomass as a renewable power source heating with wood or other biomass pellets are practical and economical and the technology and distribution systems already are available.
