The gasification of biomass can provide an enormous amount of energy that has many benefits. Biomass gasification technologies have become significantly more advanced, making these processes much more efficient and eco-friendly. Biomass renewable energy will play a big part in the future of domestic energy production. We have become too dependent on oil, and much of the oil reserves left in the world are located in areas with high political strife and unstable economies. We can not afford to allow foreign policies and leaders control the energy needed and used by the US. This means a domestic energy program which generates the energy needed using alternative sources, ones that minimize pollution and maximize efficiency.

Biomass gasification technologies for different feedstocks will depend on the specific feedstock type. Municipal waste and waste food can be put into special landfills, constructed to encourage the creation of greenhouse gases emitted from decomposing biomass, and these gases are then siphoned off. Without the gasification process and the collection of the gas produced by the landfill, the gas would be released into the atmosphere and contribute to global warming. Animal waste such as manure and dead carcasses can also be used in the biomass gasification process. These sources, just like waste food and other sources of biomass, can produce methane gas using biomass gasification technologies. All biomass decomposes, because it originates with a living organism. During the decomposition process, gases like methane are released from any type of biomass. Advancements in biomass gasification technologies allow the biogas to be collected, and even created more abundantly. This allows almost any biomass energy feedstock to be used in the gasification of biomass to produce greenhouse gas that is captured and used as an energy source.