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Nihil

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1. "could make it more affordable to burn fossil fuels"

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Thu Jun 13, 2013, 05:51 AM

Jun 2013

Could also make it more palatable to continue to burn fossil fuels (a.k.a. "greenwashing&quot .

There is not a chance in Hell that any industrial process can capture & store carbon
at anything like the efficiency of the coal that is being dug up by the megaton every day.

Leave the f*cking stuff in the ground and quit with the greenwashing agenda folks!

(*Not* aimed at OKIsItJustMe but at the people behind the post.)

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Cheaper Ways to Capture Carbon Dioxide [View all] OKIsItJustMe Jun 2013 OP

"could make it more affordable to burn fossil fuels" Nihil Jun 2013 #1

(Leave it in the ground�) OKIsItJustMe Jun 2013 #2

The real question is: does Plan B make the problem worse wtmusic Jun 2013 #3

Does Plan B make the problem worse? OKIsItJustMe Jun 2013 #4

The logical leap is assuming a CCS program won't lead people to believe the problem wtmusic Jun 2013 #5

OK, let�s look at this logically OKIsItJustMe Jun 2013 #6

You forgot: "If we implement a CCS program, we might kill ourselves faster wtmusic Jun 2013 #7

An interesting way of dealing with risk OKIsItJustMe Jun 2013 #8

The only way, AFAIC. wtmusic Jun 2013 #9

Nuclear fission has proven risks OKIsItJustMe Jun 2013 #11

Same principle as this wtmusic Jun 2013 #10

IF we can take all the Co2 from smokestack emmissions FogerRox Jun 2013 #12

In my opinion, �scrubbing the atmosphere� is a necessity OKIsItJustMe Jun 2013 #13

I started leaning to scrubbing about 6 yrs ago FogerRox Jun 2013 #14

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