Another advantage of biomass includes the fact that most biomass materials have acted as a
carbon sink while growing. When trees and plants grow, they absorb carbon from the
atmosphere and are a natural carbon sink as long as they are alive and growing. Biomass
energy is also much cleaner to use, because greenhouse gases are reduced significantly. This
means that bio energy use may help slow down global warming, and minimize air pollution.
Biomass alternative energy may be one of the most commonly used energy sources of the
future. This is because the world will always have municipal waste and waste food, and
unless these biomass sources are used for energy they will end up taking space in a landfill
somewhere and causing an increase in greenhouse gases and air pollution.