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Zero-emission Power Plants Proposed

Posted by michael on from the cold-fusion dept.

ckbreckenridge writes "Supercompact, superfast, superpowerful turbines called ZEPPS (zero-emission power plants), designed to combat global warming, could help produce the electrical power needed to keep up with 21st century demand. They would consume methane and oxygen and produce liquid carbon dioxide, which could be sequestered underground. The current electricity grid would need to be replaced by a 'supergrid' across the USA, says Jesse H. Ausubel in The Industrial Physicist. Work on such a system should start as soon as possible, since CO2 levels leaped up 2 ppm in the past two years as global warming becomes more of a reality."

10 of 737 comments (clear)

  1. FP by InfoHighwayRoadkill · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    woot

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  2. Fizzle Pizzle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fizzle Pizzle Bizzle

  3. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first ... yeah I'm first !

  4. fp! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first!

  5. Here we go again. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Global warming may be part of a normal cycle.

    Feel free to discuss.

  6. Re:Wait just a minute... by AsbestosRush · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'll be happy to oblige you by leaving a honda silverwing shaped impression on your bumper. I'll be shure that I have a full tank so that when you do kill me by impact, your truck's engine compartment will burn.

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  7. Google operating system - the next MS ?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Google was cool and independent. Now with e-mail account, "G" searchbox included in your favourite browser, maybe a browser of their own, instant messaging, shareholders onboard, and... a desktop?

    What's next? The Google operating system? Are we looking at the beginnings of a next-generation Microsoft-like empire?

  8. Dubya's Response by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Saddam Hussein was an evil dictator and the world is better off without him in power...Saddam Hussein was an evil dictator and the world is better off without him in power...Saddam Hussein was an evil dictator and the world is better off without him in power..."

  9. Re:How Cow Farts Saved the World by Perianwyr+Stormcrow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    omg vampires

    wow

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  10. Re:How is this diffrent? by the+economist+troll · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "The term is "Could NOT care less"! Saying you "Could care less" implies that you do indeed care."

    No, it doesn't. Consider an individual who says "Like I could care less" while rolling his or her eyes. Isn't it apparent that this remark is sarcastic--in other words, he or she really couldn't care less?

    (Yes, mod me offtopic.)