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Re:Producing fuels from 1,500 degrees of solar heat by waldothedog on Friday June 28, 2024 @10:57PM (#40827560)
> 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!

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Re:Producing fuels from 1,500 degrees of solar heat by pfdietz on Saturday June 29, 2024 @07:22AM (#40829519)
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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