My Unclean Thoughts on Clean Coal
I can’t tell you how angry the term “Clean Coal” makes me. People in the coal and fossil fuel industry trumpet the term “Clean Coal” as their solution to global warming. The idea is to take the CO2 from the coal burning plant smokestack and sequester (store) it so it doesn’t enter the atmostphere. The idea is to pump the CO2 into the ground where it will then supposedly stay forever. The only problem is that 1) it doesn’t exist, 2) it’s an untested theory and 3) the “science” behind it sounds a bit silly, since it assumes the stored CO2 will not leak back into the atmosphere.
The US Energy Lobby has been running ads telling us how great fossil fuels are, here is an ad for “Clean Coal” that helps to get the real message out.
Tags: clean coal, clean coal lies