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		waldothedog on June 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Producing fuels from 1,500 degrees of solar heat > Can we get that much methane from biomass? I know that food waste generates a heck of a lot of methane in landfills, but I’d love if someone could add some rough napkin math on this!

pfdietz on June 29, 2024 [–]

Biomass availability in the US:

https://www.energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/2023-billion-ton-repor...

One would like to focus on existing streams before having to increase area used to grow biomass.

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