Research Paper

Research Paper

As an alternative energy source to replace the United States dependency on fossil fuels, biomass energy is the best replacement. The increased awareness of changing climate and increasing prices of oil has triggered the increase in sources of energy referred as biomass energy (Khanal, 2008). The bio mass energy would be of great help in replacing of existing U.S. dependency on fossil fuels such as (oil, coal and natural gas). The major reason for proposing bio mass energy as replacement of fossil fuels is it low cost of production and its use as a renewable energy source. It can be generated from the unneeded biomasses which will also help United States to effectively utilize its natural resources. Moreover, the production of biomass energy will be economically feasible for United Sates because the plants of bio mass energy can reduce the landfill area and also helpful in protecting the quality of groundwater.

It is feasible for United States to use the bio mass energy in replacement to generation of energy through fossil fuels, as biomass is the largest energy provider contributing a sum of 1,150 million tons of oil which translates a 79% share of the total energy supplied sourced out from the renewable biomass sources. In terms of final energy consumption worldwide, biomass ranks fourth with 10% of its share after other non-renewable fossil fuels such as coal with 26%, oil with 34% and natural gas with approximately 22% (Blauvelt, 2007). It can be used both directly and indirectly. Direct use of biomass involves, consuming in cooking and various industrial processes. Modern or indirect consumption of biomass involves further converting of biomass energy into secondary energy like generation of electricity and gasification.

It is also economical for U.S to use biomass energy it will be relatively cheaper than getting energy through ...