By:
Haleigh Baker , Maddie Bishop ,Rachel Bush
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Main Goals
 Electricity
 Heat
 Liquid Biofuels
 Ethanol
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Potential: Advantages
 Abundant amount
 Very efficient
 Little impact
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Potential: Disadvantages
 Global Warming
 Expensive
 Net loss of energy
 Can be difficult to grow
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How does it work?
 Sugar cane
 Solid wastes
 Bioconversion
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Technological Obstacles
 Transportation
 Increase efficiency
 Storage and harvesting
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Issues in Developing Countries
 Distillation plants
 Ethanol
 Charcoal production
 Gasifiers
 Biogas
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USDOE
 Biomass as a main source of energy
 Lack of cooperation
 Science and business leaders
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Main Issues
 Lack of trained
personnel
 Lack of local
understanding
 Basic technical
support structures
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Improvements
 Local conditions
 Socioeconomic conditions
 Environmental conditions
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Technically Simple Economic Projects
 Persuade potential investors
 Simple plans
 Local people
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Political: China
 Very supportive
 Supported heavily by government.
 100 scientific research industries.
 50 experimental stations
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Political: India
 Sets up state agencies
 Creates biomass related programs
 Successful
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Negative Environmental Impacts
 Soil depletion
 Degrades biodiversity
 Produces CO2
 Low Photosynthesis
 Smog
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Bibliography
 Miller, G. Tyler Jr. and Scott E. Spoolman. Living in the
Environment. Canada: Brooks/Cole, 2009,2007. Print.
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