1. Science Research Lab - Biomass
Biomass contains stored energy from the sun. ... Biomass is a renewable energy source because we can always grow more trees and crops, and waste will always exist. ... And, provided our consumption of biomass does not exceed our ability to continually supply the biomass feedstock we use, we have a renewable energy source whose use does not substantially disturb the natural biochemical cycle on a human time scale. ... However, a large portion of the energy input for the latter is biomass, a renewable energy input. Therefore, a second energy ratio, the fossil energy ratio (FER), is more meaningf...
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