Comments on: Duke Energy on Clean Coal: “We have not invested any dollars..” http://www.carbonfund.org/blog/news/duke-energy-ceo-live-clean-coal-doesnt-pay/ Reduce What You Can, Offset What You Can't™ Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:01:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Dr Doug L Hoffman http://www.carbonfund.org/blog/news/duke-energy-ceo-live-clean-coal-doesnt-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-1673 Dr Doug L Hoffman Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:35:38 +0000 http://www.carbonfund.org/blog/?p=574#comment-1673 The search for ways to reduce carbon emissions has led to government grant money for schemes ranging from promising to wacky. Recognizing that there is no currently viable replacement for fossil fuels, with the possible exception of nuclear power, the US and other countries with large coal deposits are desperately looking for ways to continue burning coal without incurring the wrath of nature or the IPCC. Clear evidence of the seriousness of this effort is evident in this week's special edition of Science, dedicated to carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology. <a href="http://theresilientearth.com/?q=content/serious-black-quest-clean-coal" target="_blank">http://theresilientearth.com/?q=content/serious-b...</a> The search for ways to reduce carbon emissions has led to government grant money for schemes ranging from promising to wacky. Recognizing that there is no currently viable replacement for fossil fuels, with the possible exception of nuclear power, the US and other countries with large coal deposits are desperately looking for ways to continue burning coal without incurring the wrath of nature or the IPCC. Clear evidence of the seriousness of this effort is evident in this week's special edition of Science, dedicated to carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology.

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]]> By: Mark http://www.carbonfund.org/blog/news/duke-energy-ceo-live-clean-coal-doesnt-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Mark Fri, 08 May 2009 04:41:05 +0000 http://www.carbonfund.org/blog/?p=574#comment-187 There is no such thing as clean coal. Sequestration is a cheap pipe dream that will never work. Energy companies that burn coal, oil, gas -- must convert to solar, wind, wave, geothermal. Our federal government should be leading the way to clean sustainable energy requirements today. We know Energy Czar Steven Chu knows the repercussions of our inaction on global warming. Let's ask him to please get that message to the president. Climate change and global warming will trump every single other problem in the world today if we do not solve it now. There is no such thing as clean coal. Sequestration is a cheap pipe dream that will never work. Energy companies that burn coal, oil, gas — must convert to solar, wind, wave, geothermal. Our federal government should be leading the way to clean sustainable energy requirements today. We know Energy Czar Steven Chu knows the repercussions of our inaction on global warming. Let's ask him to please get that message to the president. Climate change and global warming will trump every single other problem in the world today if we do not solve it now.

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