Reducing the effects of global warming are one of the reason wood pellets and other fuel pellets are becoming more popular, environmentally friendly energy to replace the use of fossil fuels such as oil and gas. Other reason is to move away from the large energy companies, who control the market price of energy. There are also political reasons to move away from the use of fossil fuels.The opportunity that biomass and pellets bring to us is the opportunity to set-up a new energy economy that is locally based. Locally, referring to each country produces its own energy demands through the use of its own biomass resources. This could be on a national scale, even down to a local community scale. There are several advantages to this system, and here are the two main positive aspects. Energy price fluctuations would be reduced, as energy would be made from several resources and from several locations. As more resources are used there would be more market competition, which would keep prices competitive nation wide. Keeping energy prices stable is one of the most important factors of a stable economy, as it affects remaining consumable income, which many industries rely on.
With increased production on a national and local community scale there are more jobs created to support the economy, which in current times of economic depression these jobs are in great demand. The important thing to also acknowledge is these jobs are based in the energy sector.
With local energy production another cost to energy is also greatly reduced, and this is the cost of transportation. By using local resources, processing local resources locally and consuming those local resources local, the whole loop has reduced transportation. Reducing transportation costs has benefits for the environment as well as reducing the costs to the consumer. Reduced transportation means reduced CO2 emissions. After all one of the main aspects of biomass and renewable fuels is to reduce CO2, so excessive transportation would contradict one the key principles of green renewable energy sources.
Procesing an producing local biomass for fuel, for example in the form of pellets then consumed locally is where a large part of each nations energy supply needs to come from to support stable energy prices and support the reduction of carbon dioxide levels and global warming. Minimum carbon dioxide contributions and price reductions are the main advantages, as obviously this would also reduce congestion as the global population grows. One of the simplest forms of local renewable energy production is small-scale local pellet production.This is would have the lowest transportation loop and would greatly improve the local economy.
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