Get latest issue shine india monthly magazine published this article page no 16 taking the biomass cycle into consideration the negatives of all biomass energy production are that they create more carbon gases. a caveman sitting next to a fire in a cave is using biomass energy to produce heat but the black smoke is a very nasty carbon pollutant. in modern terms biomass energy doesnt really resolve the amount of carbon we are putting into the atmosphere. yet there is an argument on the other side of the biomass coin.proponents of biomass argue it is a better energy source than fossil fuels. the basis of this argument is that plants [biomass] have taken in much smaller amounts of carbon gases over a shorter period of time than fossil fuels. thus burning them is a carbon neutral situation. the problem of course is that even if this concept is correct we are not cutting down our carbon emissions. at this point in time we need to be reducing carbon gasses not maintaining our current output. it is undisputable biomass has its problems. it is a better alternative than fossil fuels but how much so shine india monthly magazine onlineshine india monthly magazine subscription.
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