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April 2016

Bioenergy: The Wrong Alternative?

Bioenergy poses risks because of its carbon emissions, contributions to air pollution and freshwater demand.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/35540-sanders-and-clinton-back-bioenergy-but-activists-say-it-s-the-wrong-alternative

The number one form of "renewable" energy in the United States is bioenergy, an energy source derived from burning trees, crops, manure, trash or waste for electricity and/or heat, or converting transportation fuels. According to the Energy Information Administration, 49.6 percent of renewable energy in the US in 2014 came from bioenergy; 18 percent, from wind; and 4.4 percent, from solar photovoltaics.

With 82 percent of US energy generated from fossil fuels, barring a reduction in energy consumption, policies facilitating the transition away from oil, gas and coal will likely continue to rely, in large part, on bioenergy.

Bioenergy's main selling point is that, unlike foreign oil, it's a locally sourced feedstock, which means more money stays in local economies. Industry and supporters say bioenergy is a clean, low-carbon, baseload source of energy that should be further expanded...

Commercial, industrial and residential biomass heating made up 62 percent of total bioenergy in the United States in 2014, with another 11 percent coming from biomass electricity (the remainder came from liquid biofuels)....

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More at: The Biomass Monitor

http://thebiomassmonitor.org/

• Biomass Impacts in the Southeastern U.S.
• Biofuel or Biofraud? The Vast Taxpayer Cost of Failed Cellulosic and Algal Biofuels
• Lawmakers Oppose Maine Biomass Bailout, But Leave an Opening

Tags:

air pollution: bioenergy; biomass; clean energy; climate; climate change; forests; logging; pellets; renewable energy; wood pellets

Biochar International - http://www.biochar-international.org/

Biofuel Watch (UK) - http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/

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