[ Amid Economic Concerns, Carbon Capture Faces a Hazy Future ]
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 | By National Geographic News | 1 Comment
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects around the world are hitting a wall in the face of high costs and a lack of climate policy.
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1 Comment to Amid Economic Concerns, Carbon Capture Faces a Hazy Future
Creativity is the mother of invention. I saw show that an Arizona coal energy plant has carbon capturing technology that is actually making them money. I think this should be closely looked at and possibly mandated for the rest of the coal plants in the US. It is a tube of algea that scrubs the emissions into a useable sellable product. I would leave room in the mandate for any technology that may be better than this so they can be able to use, but at least this could be a baseline technology. A good first step. Coal producing energy plants should be researched and made clean. The US is Middle east of coal so let’s figure out how to do it safely. We will use it or we will ship it. If we ship it we lose control of how it’s used. If we find more products and gain safety then other countries are likely to follow. This technology could change the world a lot faster than investing in other technologies because the plants are already there. I believe if we find the win win then everyone is better off.