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DOE Pumps $126.6 Million Into Carbon Sequestration

Posted by samzenpus on from the out-of-sight-out-of-mind dept.

RickRussellTX writes "The DOE awarded $126.6 million in grants today to projects that will pump 1 million tons of CO2 into underground caverns at sites in California and Ohio. Environmental groups call carbon sequestration "a scam", claiming that it is too expensive and uncertain to be competitive with non-coal alternatives like wind and solar. I just hope nobody drops a Mentos down the wrong pipe."

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  1. Re:So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    CO2 is plant food, plain and simple. It's not pollution and you lemmings need to stop treating it as such. Did you catch the NOAA report yestereday? Record growth of the ice sheets? Nah, you were probably too busy worshiping your pictures of Al Gore.

  2. Environmental groups call carbon sequestration "a by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Environmental groups call carbon sequestration "a scam"

    Well, as the experts in scams, they would know.

    Carbon Credits/Offsets are the modern version of Catholic Indulgences.

  3. $126.6 Million into Carbon Sequestration by Presto+Vivace · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Al Gore should get a commission.

  4. Re:So... by kaos07 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How exactly is France's power system safe? And it may be zero-carbon POWER yet there are still significant carbon emissions, which is the actual problem. You're the one living the idiots dream my friend.

  5. Re:So... by dangitman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So, why is the only alternative coal? There are other things like wind and solar, you know. I don't get why people think that the only options are either nuclear or dirty coal. Well, I do get it - they're being disingenuous to push an agenda, and deliberately ignoring other options that would complicate their argument.

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    ... and then they built the supercollider.