A look back at the carbon capture conference
Well, that’s a wrap on the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) conference on carbon capture.
We learned a lot about the exciting technology that’s around the corner. Labs all over the country are working on new ways to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from process of generating electricity from coal.
When we arrived, we weren’t sure what we’d hear. But we left town more optimistic than ever that coal can meet the needs of America’s energy future while simultaneously meeting our nation’s stringent environmental standards.
In the video above, Ned Leonard, the vice president of technology policy for ACCCE, gives his final thoughts from the conference.
In Reality, there is no such thing as clean coal!
Posted by: Doug Taylor | March 29, 2009 at 11:22 AM
"Around the corner?" "Working on ways?" How much longer will it actually take to implement technologies that don't exist or haven't been tested on a realistic scale? For a different perspective visit this blog:
http://www.thisisreality.org/blog/?source=reality&subsource=blog
Posted by: David | March 29, 2009 at 11:44 AM
i cant believe people are wasting money on this, the future has nothing to do with fossil fuels, the future is free energy for all,,,this is just another way to trap people into paying for energy. if you think thats (out there) then you are just uninformed,,,,its time to evolve folks
Posted by: t.cramer | March 29, 2009 at 05:21 PM
What a crock. This is just another example of the haves extorting the land, the people and sacrificing our futures for a profit. The idea of clean coal has been bandied about for decades and has never been produced. The only way that we might ever get there is by putting a hefty price on carbon. Let's get to work.
Posted by: Jay | March 30, 2009 at 02:45 PM
"The idea of clean coal has been bandied about for decades and has never been produced," is simply a false statement. Clean coal technologies have been around since the 1970s and to date have made our coal-based generating fleet 77 percent cleaner in terms of emissions currently regulated under existing Clean Air Act programs per unit of energy produced.
Furthermore, there is $6 billion in clean coal research underway in this country—projects that are run by dedicated scientists and engineers (like the men and women we met last week at the NETL carbon capture conference). So believe me when I say that when it comes to reducing emissions, there are many Americans hard at work.
Posted by: Megan from ACCCE | March 31, 2009 at 10:09 AM