Friday, August 6, 2010

Why Is the Energy Department Giving up CO2 Capture in Power Plants?

E-Mail to Congress:

EIN News says, "U.S. Changes Plan on Capturing Coal Emissions. The Energy Department abruptly shifted course on a flagship federal effort to capture and sequester carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants, saying it would not finance construction of a new plant in Mattoon, Ill. (nytimes.com)".

This is good news, because of its practicality. However I am interested in the motivation. Does the energy Department now think that carbon dioxide is not a dangerous greenhouse gas to be controlled? Is the national debt becoming too high such that it can't be justified financially?

Maybe you can ferret out the reason why the Energy Department has taken this new stance. If there is a reversal of opinion on carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas, there is still some hope for the country.

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