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madokie

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2. It was a stupid idea to begin with

Reply to kristopher (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 07:37 AM

Jul 2012

If you want to clean up coal, gasify it. By gasifying you make about 1/2 as much co2 to get the equivalent amount of energy from it as you do burning the coal as it is burned in most plants today
And don't fucking tell me I don't know what I'm talking about either

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Earthquake triggering and large-scale geologic storage of carbon dioxide [View all] kristopher Jul 2012 OP

Didn't go through the PNAS paywall but it's a good article in the LA Times. Nihil Jul 2012 #1

Why doesn't that asame logic apply pscot Jul 2012 #3

It does (in the real world) for fracking (hence my "sold out" comment) Nihil Jul 2012 #4

Content more than 6 months old is free. kristopher Jul 2012 #5

Thanks - I hadn't realised that. (n/t) Nihil Jul 2012 #6

It was a stupid idea to begin with madokie Jul 2012 #2