Gathering energy by the truck load is out there,

[watchingfromafar]

Gathering energy by the truck load is out there, just pick it up, it is free, all you need to do is pick it up and use it.

As of 2016, roughly 36.21% (about one-third of the U.S.) is forested.[2] Excluding the U.S. territories, forested land in the U.S. covers roughly 818,814,000 acres (3,313,622 square kilometers)

Using the above to calculate total biomass you multiply the area of all forests in the USA times the average dept in feet.

1 acre is approximately 208.71 feet × 208.71 feet (a square) = 43,559.86 feet
An acre covers an area of 43,449 square feet.
(43,449 X 818,814,000) X 1 = 3,5576,649,486 cubic feet of biomass.

After getting to this point in this topic I find myself stuck.

I need to calculate the energy output of one (1) cubic foot of biomass.
Anyone care to fill in the missing value-?

3,5576,649,486 cubic feet of biomass equal in BTU energy?

If we clean up the biomass in our forests, burn up this biomass, how much energy can we get from this-?

Forests of the United States - Wikipedia
surface area of 1 acre - Google Search

Can someone here fill in the last calculation

3,5576,649,486 cubic feet of biomass equals in BTU energy?
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[Concerned American]

Gathering energy by the truck load is out there, just pick it up, it is free, all you need to do is pick it up and use it.

As of 2016, roughly 36.21% (about one-third of the U.S.) is forested.[2] Excluding the U.S. territories, forested land in the U.S. covers roughly 818,814,000 acres (3,313,622 square kilometers)

Using the above to calculate total biomass you multiply the area of all forests in the USA times the average dept in feet.

1 acre is approximately 208.71 feet × 208.71 feet (a square) = 43,559.86 feet
An acre covers an area of 43,449 square feet.
(43,449 X 818,814,000) X 1 = 3,5576,649,486 cubic feet of biomass.

After getting to this point in this topic I find myself stuck.

I need to calculate the energy output of one (1) cubic foot of biomass.
Anyone care to fill in the missing value-?

3,5576,649,486 cubic feet of biomass equal in BTU energy?

If we clean up the biomass in our forests, burn up this biomass, how much energy can we get from this-?

Forests of the United States - Wikipedia
surface area of 1 acre - Google Search

Can someone here fill in the last calculation

3,5576,649,486 cubic feet of biomass equals in BTU energy?
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It is being done throughout the US. I know of a waste to energy plant in CA. I also live in forest land about 20 miles from a biomass generation plant. Mill waste provides much of the biomass.

 

[Concerned American]

Gathering energy by the truck load is out there, just pick it up, it is free, all you need to do is pick it up and use it.

As of 2016, roughly 36.21% (about one-third of the U.S.) is forested.[2] Excluding the U.S. territories, forested land in the U.S. covers roughly 818,814,000 acres (3,313,622 square kilometers)

Using the above to calculate total biomass you multiply the area of all forests in the USA times the average dept in feet.

1 acre is approximately 208.71 feet × 208.71 feet (a square) = 43,559.86 feet
An acre covers an area of 43,449 square feet.
(43,449 X 818,814,000) X 1 = 3,5576,649,486 cubic feet of biomass.

After getting to this point in this topic I find myself stuck.

I need to calculate the energy output of one (1) cubic foot of biomass.
Anyone care to fill in the missing value-?

3,5576,649,486 cubic feet of biomass equal in BTU energy?

If we clean up the biomass in our forests, burn up this biomass, how much energy can we get from this-?

Forests of the United States - Wikipedia
surface area of 1 acre - Google Search

Can someone here fill in the last calculation

3,5576,649,486 cubic feet of biomass equals in BTU energy?
-

It is being done throughout the US. I know of a waste to energy plant in CA. I also live in forest land about 20 miles from a biomass generation plant. Mill waste provides much of the biomass.

If we take Haiti as an example, however, it is clear that if you denude the earth for charcoal (energy), the rains wash the nutrients into the sea from the mountains. This makes the mountains unfertile, and the resultant erosion into the sea kills the fishery. Man needs to quit trying to fix things and leave the earth alone. Reforestation of the Amazon basin alone would be all that would be needed to combat climate change without creating new problems.

 

[Old Rocks]

Gathering energy by the truck load is out there, just pick it up, it is free, all you need to do is pick it up and use it.

As of 2016, roughly 36.21% (about one-third of the U.S.) is forested.[2] Excluding the U.S. territories, forested land in the U.S. covers roughly 818,814,000 acres (3,313,622 square kilometers)

Using the above to calculate total biomass you multiply the area of all forests in the USA times the average dept in feet.

1 acre is approximately 208.71 feet × 208.71 feet (a square) = 43,559.86 feet
An acre covers an area of 43,449 square feet.
(43,449 X 818,814,000) X 1 = 3,5576,649,486 cubic feet of biomass.

After getting to this point in this topic I find myself stuck.

I need to calculate the energy output of one (1) cubic foot of biomass.
Anyone care to fill in the missing value-?

3,5576,649,486 cubic feet of biomass equal in BTU energy?

If we clean up the biomass in our forests, burn up this biomass, how much energy can we get from this-?

Forests of the United States - Wikipedia
surface area of 1 acre - Google Search

Can someone here fill in the last calculation

3,5576,649,486 cubic feet of biomass equals in BTU energy?
-

It is being done throughout the US. I know of a waste to energy plant in CA. I also live in forest land about 20 miles from a biomass generation plant. Mill waste provides much of the biomass.

If we take Haiti as an example, however, it is clear that if you denude the earth for charcoal (energy), the rains wash the nutrients into the sea from the mountains. This makes the mountains unfertile, and the resultant erosion into the sea kills the fishery. Man needs to quit trying to fix things and leave the earth alone. Reforestation of the Amazon basin alone would be all that would be needed to combat climate change without creating new problems.

Much of southern Europe is also an example of that.

 

[Old Rocks]

We need to store as much CO2 as possible in biomass. Burning that is not the answer. Growing more of it and leaving it storing carbon is much better. Why don't you look into VPP's? A far more reasonable solution.

 

[watchingfromafar]

We need to store as much CO2 as possible in biomass. Burning that is not the answer.

You are missing one small fact.

Animals’ breath in O2 and exhale CO2

Plant’s breath in CO2 and exhale O2

The is referred to as the cycle of life
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