http://www.biofuelswatch.com/disadvantages-of-biomass/ Biofuels, bioenergy Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:58:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.biofuelswatch.com/disadvantages-of-biomass/comment-page-1/#comment-342 Russell Barnes Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:59:22 +0000 http://www.biofuelswatch.com/?p=483#comment-342 Woody biomass is about 50% water by weight.It takes a lot of fuel oilto get that watert to market. As a producer of woody biomass I have no real interest in producing until the delivered price gets to around $40/green ton from the less than $30 today Biomass may be an alternative to fossil fuel in some circumstances but it's not going to go anywhere if the feedstocks have to be cheap. There is only so much biomass that can be diverted from landfills. Woody biomass is about 50% water by weight.It takes a lot of fuel oilto get that watert to market.
As a producer of woody biomass I have no real interest in producing until the delivered price gets to around $40/green ton from the less than $30 today Biomass may be an alternative to fossil fuel in some circumstances but it’s not going to go anywhere if the feedstocks have to be cheap. There is only so much biomass that can be diverted from landfills.

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