Why Biomass Energy?
Energy sources and systems produce various combinations of costs and benefits: No energy system is completely good or bad. Biomass energy systems, however, often provide many significant benefits compared to the fossil fuel systems they are likely to replace. Such benefits result from improvements in the categories of: macro and microeconomics, and risk avoidance. Biomass energy systems can play very important roles as integral parts of broader community strategies intended to promote biodiversity, energy efficiency, sustainable development, and waste management. (For more information on Biomass happenings in Michigan, see the side-bar story, Lucky for Us: Michigan Hosts Biomass Energy Manufacturers and R&D.
