America’s ‘Clean Coal’ Experiment Abandoned After 11 Years And $7.5 Billion

[Lakhota]

This is a bad sign for the coal industry.

The coal industry suffered a major blow on Wednesday when the utility giant Southern Company abandoned work on its troubled Mississippi “clean coal” facility amid skyrocketing costs.

The Kemper County Energy Facility, conceived under President George W. Bush, promised to turn coal into cleaner-burning gas and provide a model for the future of coal. But after 11 years and $7.5 billion, the plant failed to produce commercially viable technology.

More: America’s ‘Clean Coal’ Experiment Abandoned After 11 Years And $7.5 Billion

There is no such thing as "clean coal". It is dirty and polluting by nature. Coal is a planet killer.

 

[Doc1]

This is a bad sign for the coal industry.

The coal industry suffered a major blow on Wednesday when the utility giant Southern Company abandoned work on its troubled Mississippi “clean coal” facility amid skyrocketing costs.

The Kemper County Energy Facility, conceived under President George W. Bush, promised to turn coal into cleaner-burning gas and provide a model for the future of coal. But after 11 years and $7.5 billion, the plant failed to produce commercially viable technology.

More: America’s ‘Clean Coal’ Experiment Abandoned After 11 Years And $7.5 Billion

There is no such thing as "clean coal". It is dirty and polluting by nature. Coal is a planet killer.

Of course it is , Al told you so. Dumbass.

 

[Lakhota]

Where are the "clean coal" defenders?

 

[healthmyths]

What does coal emit? CO2 is the biggest issue Right! Anyone disagree?
United States alone, utility coal plants emitted a total of 1.7 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2011, which therefore plays a major role in the rise in the amount of greenhouse gas emissions and subsequent increased air pollution occurring around the world.

Now everyone knows trees absorb CO2 right? We all agree?
Then explain this:

 

[healthmyths]

Not so fast ...

Kemper may have been the first major carbon-capture plant attempted, but another, using different technology, broke ground in 2014. In January, the world’s largest facility for capturing emissions from electricity generation started operating in Texas. Unlike Kemper, which was supposed to generate electricity by burning gas chemically produced from coal, the $1 billion Petra Nova station functions as a traditional coal-fired plant, with the twist that it captures the carbon dioxide emitted by burning the fuel.

Another key difference: Petra Nova finished on time and on budget. The facility covers its costs by pumping captured carbon dioxide to a nearby oil field, where it’s used to recover crude in the nearly exhausted wells. Energy Secretary Rick Perry hailed the project, which began under Obama, as a “major achievement.”

America’s Flagship ‘Clean Coal’ Experiment Abandoned After 11 Years And $7.5 Billion | HuffPost

But of course the above was BURIED deep in the article while the HEADLINE which is what most idiots base all their FACTS on said:

America’s Flagship ‘Clean Coal’ Experiment Abandoned After 11 Years And $7.5 Billion

Totally ignoring the Success of Petra Nova!

 

[JBond]

This is a bad sign for the coal industry.

The coal industry suffered a major blow on Wednesday when the utility giant Southern Company abandoned work on its troubled Mississippi “clean coal” facility amid skyrocketing costs.

The Kemper County Energy Facility, conceived under President George W. Bush, promised to turn coal into cleaner-burning gas and provide a model for the future of coal. But after 11 years and $7.5 billion, the plant failed to produce commercially viable technology.

More: America’s ‘Clean Coal’ Experiment Abandoned After 11 Years And $7.5 Billion

There is no such thing as "clean coal". It is dirty and polluting by nature. Coal is a planet killer.

Meanwhile Dems are pissed the President left the Paris Accord even though it allowed massive numbers of new coal plants across the world. Lol.