Which of the following statements correctly describes a difference between biomass-fired power plants and traditional fossil-fuel-burning power plants, such as coal-fired plants?

The production of biomass does not release carbon dioxide but burning fossil fuels does.

The operational costs of biomass plants are very high when compared with traditional fossil fuel plants.

Biomass plants produce higher levels of mercury emissions than fossil fuel plants.

Biomass as a fuel source is not widely available all over the world while fossil fuels are abundant around the world.

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Reese Thornton

18 January, 10:29

Which of the following statements correctly describes a difference between biomass-fired power plants and traditional fossil-fuel-burning power plants, such as coal-fired plants?

The production of biomass does not release carbon dioxide but burning fossil fuels does.

The operational costs of biomass plants are very high when compared with traditional fossil fuel plants.

Biomass plants produce higher levels of mercury emissions than fossil fuel plants.

Biomass as a fuel source is not widely available all over the world while fossil fuels are abundant around the world.

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Madalyn Villanueva · Answer 1

Biomass as a fuel source is not widely available all over the world while fossil fuels are abundant around the world.

Explanation:

Biomass consists of waste materials like wood not used in paper industry, scrape wood, forest waste, crop waste, forest debris etc. They give heat on burning which is used to evaporate water to get steam to run turbine of thermal generating power plant. These resources are not widely available all over the world. Around the area adjoining forest, they are found in abundance. They are as polluting in nature as other thermal power plant.