Biomass

By the amazing Grace

M, the gorgeous

Caroline and Luke.

Definition

• An organic material made from plant and animal waste.

Advantages

• Will never run out• We are burning Garbage which gets rid of more

land fills.• Biomass can be used instead of fossil fuels• Biomass can provide extra income for farmers

(because we also burn crops) They do not even have to be good crops because we burn them.

• Wood and wood waste are already a big engery in the US.

Disadvantages • Stinky!!! • We are also burning food which we need to

live!! • Biomass creates a deadly gas called Carbon

Dioxide. (trees collect Carbon Dioxide which is good that is why we need trees.)

• Biomass crops are not around all year. - It takes more energy to create biomass than we get out of it.

• It could lead to global warming.

Interesting facts

Biomass is only 4% of the energy we use.A man made gas out of wood.Biomass is a solid and liquid.

How it works

You burn the substances and it creates a gas and lets off heat.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kloBSpvxkJY this is another video about biomass.

Where is it used?•In the U.S. it is mostly used in Iowa and any place where there is a lot of farming land.

a map of biomass resources

When I first thought of energy, this is what I thought it would be like. It turns out that chicken poo is very interesting.

Recourses • Energykids.com•DEPPennsylvania• justforkidsenergy.com •Alientenergykids.com

Here is a very funny and good video on biomass

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kloBSpvxkJY

• :/http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT3zCj3F1d4 this ppt. is dedicated to this song that we listened to the whole time we were making this ppt. We could not get it out of our heads.

COAL

Here are some amazing facts about

COAL

Coal is 23% of the energy we use.Coal takes millions of years to makeCoal is non-renewable.

More facts about Coal

• The United States produces about 20%, or 1.1 billion tons, of the world's coal Supply.

• Texas is the top producing coal state in the world. It uses 1 million tons a year.

• Each person uses about 3.8 tons of coal a year.

More even more facts

• Coal has been used as an energy source for hundreds of years and as old as the Roman Empire.

• The government receives about $11 billon in taxes and fees from the coal industry.

• Coal is by far the cheapest source of energy.

More, more even more facts about coal

• Coal can be found all over Australia.• Coal was first found in 1791 by William Bryant.• Coal is a dirty resource.

Thank you soooo much for watching!