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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."

2 of 489 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Better solution exists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If only we could engineer a self-replicating machine that uses carbon from the air and turns it into a pretty dense and perhaps even useful solid material.

    If I made such a machine I might call it 'The Real Easy Extraction' machine

  2. Re:What Could Possibly Go Wrong? by silvermorph · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey neat, we're making our own Balrog.