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Clean Coal ?
Please stop talking about Clean Coal as some kind of solution for energy independence and/or global warming issues. It can not do either of these. Let’s use some common sense. Coal to replace gasoline ? Coal to replace home heating oil? We could build more coal fired electricity generating plants, but that does not reduce our dependency on foreign oil for the other two needs.
Al Gore and Friends - Pay attention to Methane
Proposal: In the short term focus on Methane reduction. Mid to Longer term focus on CO2 reductions.
Why?
Atul Jain, a U. of I. atmospheric scientist says;
“Most of these methane abatement technologies can be quickly implemented with existing technologies,”
“Because of its short atmospheric response time of about 12 years, methane concentrations will respond quickly to emission [...]