Why is the burning of residential, biomass fuels considered a renewable energy?
Most biomass fuels are taken from sawmill waste, or dead trees. Tree photosynthesis and sunlight removes CO 2 from the atmosphere and trees store the carbon as fuel. When the wood decomposes or is burned in forest fires, controlled burns or in certified clean burning hearth appliances, energy is released and CO2 is returned to the atmosphere to be removed again and again by trees.
