AUSTRALIA will have a blueprint for a near-zero-emission coal-fired power plant by the end of next year after drill tests proved the central Queensland coal and gas fields could safely store greenhouse gas underground.
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Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.
This process will double the cost of electricity and chew through our coal reserves 30% faster. It is an idiotic response to a non-problem. It is an enormous squandering of our resource heritage.
David – “It is an enormous squandering of our resource heritage.”
But burning through 85 million barrels a day of ancient sunlight thereby changing our planets climate is not?
Clean coal is a misnomer right up there with military intelligence.
Remember Ender that this is the opinion of a fine scientist here. We should consider everything that David says very carefully indeed.
One small thing though – I wonder if David has a serious reference for his numbers.