Talk:Biomass

Created 13 January 2023

I've reworked/created this page based on discussions on the talk page of what is now biomass (energy) (formerly the biomass page), see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Biomass_(energy)#Requested_move_5_January_2023 We had decided that it should not be a disambiguation page but a short broad concept article. It'll need further work and improvements EMsmile (talk) 09:45, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Earlier draft and discussion

Here is what the earlier draft and discussion looked like, copied from here. EMsmile (talk) 09:28, 16 January 2023 (UTC) First draft by User:Clayoquot:

Biomass may refer to:

• Bioenergy, energy sources derived from biological material
  • Solid fuel, forms of bioenergy that are solid
• Biomass (ecology), the mass of living biological organisms in a given area or ecosystem at a given time
• Biomass (energy) Comment: not sure if we'd end up creating this page (e.g. the moved current "biomass" article) but if we did then it would appear here like this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by EMSmile (talk • contribs)

  Thanks for bringing this up. In my opinion, Biomass (energy) should eventually not exist. as a separate article. It should redirect to Bioenergy. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 07:05, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

• Bioproducts
• Biomass (satellite)
• The feedstock material used in producing refined bioenergy products and other bioproducts

Comments

I think such a biomass disambiguation page would be good. I just wonder about the last bullet point: it contains no wikilinks so does it really belong into the list? Maybe it could be merged into the bullet point on "bioproducts"? EMsmile (talk) 09:26, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

I plan to remove this line and add a sourced definition of biomass at the top of the page. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 07:05, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

I am not sure if a single well-sourced, widely accepted definition will be possible. In the context of ecology, biomass means living organisms. In the context of energy, biomass means matter from recently-living, i.e. dead, organisms.

In the context of energy, there are variations in how biomass is defined, e.g. some say it comes from only plants, others say plants and algae,, and others say plants and animals. The vast majority of biomass used in energy does come from plants so I'm guessing the differences probably don't reflect any actual disagreement.

BTW I'm having a busy week so I have not had a chance to read recent comments on Talk:Biomass. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 05:26, 12 January 2023 (UTC)