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Re: Zero Emission Coal Fired Energy -- What would you pay?

Re: Zero Emission Coal Fired Energy -- What would you pay?

Submitted by ctyankee on Tue, 03/18/2008 - 13:32.

Like I said... corn burners made me think.

I know coal mining is very nasty business.  I'm not well versed with mountain range coal, but I know North Dakota lignite, and Powder River Basin low sulfur.

Since the "home based" coal mine is out of the question, I was trying to analyze the final phase of coal-energy production... the burning of the rocks.

I'm not even certain that a _home based_ model is ever going to be possible, but a city-wide or a county-sized facility that serves a modest population 10,000 - 100,000 people per power plant.  The coal still comes in by truck, just like the groceries go into the supermarket.

The difference is that the power plant also takes some of the garbage from certain sources... and burns it with the coal... but ... ***REALLY BIG BUT***

** ZERO EMISSIONS **  not even CO2.  Everything gets 'packaged' and sent someplace else for reuse or recycling etc.  The CO2 can be sequestered in an oil well or something...

But again, I'm trying to look at just one small portion of the problem.  Trying to fix the world in a single stroke isn't feasible.  One piece at a time.

 

 

 

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Zero Emission Coal Fired Energy -- What would you pay? By: ctyankee (23 replies) Wed, 03/12/2008 - 07:54