US Pulls Plug on Low-CO2 Powerplant Project

Geoffrey.landis writes "The administration announced plans to withdraw its support from FutureGen. FutureGen was a project to develop a low CO2-emission electrical power plant, supported by an alliance of a dozen or so coal companies and utilities from around the world. The new plant would have captured carbon dioxide produced by combustion and pumped it deep underground, to avoid releasing greenhouse-gas into the atmosphere. It had been intended as a prototype for next generation clean-coal plants worldwide. Originally budgeted at about a billion dollars, the estimated cost had "ballooned" to $1.8 billion, according to U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman."

Comments

Re:Money well spent?

[timmarhy]

comparing everything to spending in iraq is why you got flambait. these days everyone is comparing spending to iraq, when its very rarely a good comparison.

Re:Who cares

[delvsional]

How could you seriously not realize the difference between a liquid and a gas? CO2 gas is lighter than liquid and dirt or clay or rock. why the hell would it stay underground. that's like trying to make a beach ball stay under water at the pool. It's already been proven that pumping gas or liquid into a place where it's not supposed to be cause seismic instability. are you really so stupid? Do me a favor and take your computer back to the store.