Comments on: What If Energy From Un-Mined Coal Could Be Tapped While Reducing the CO2 75%?

By: Susan Kraemer

Susan Kraemer — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:02:00 +0000

@jj – “If this new coal thing works out, I can see the nuclear and renewables getting pushed back again, so I am hoping it won’t work too well”

I don’t think anyone is going to invest in coal if they can invest in renewable energy: even coal-fired electricity plants are converting to gas or biomass instead.

But for coal mining companies, this would be a way to end mountaintop removal and try something a bit cleaner.

By: Susan Kraemer

Susan Kraemer — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:02:29 +0000

@jj – “If this new coal thing works out, I can see the nuclear and renewables getting pushed back again, so I am hoping it won’t work too well”

I don’t think anyone is going to invest in coal if they can invest in renewable energy: even coal-fired electricity plants are converting to gas or biomass instead.

But for coal mining companies, this would be a way to end mountaintop removal and try something a bit cleaner.

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:26:29 +0000

Excuse me for remaining skeptical here. If we must use coal for a while longer then this is what we must do, but you know the coal industry has damned itself already for all their attacks on both the environment and on their AGW denials.

You know the Nuclear industry was damned too after 3 mile and that decline led directly to the growth of coal, no other choice at the time and we were ignorant. Now modern gen 3 and4 nuclear could come back and be much more efficient at using up the energy, even burn up the old waste. If this new coal thing works out, I can see the nuclear and renewables getting pushed back again, so I am hoping it won’t work too well. Atleast we can hope for a complete stop to building conventional coal plants.

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:26:00 +0000

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:36:21 +0000

Part of the solution is CO2 sequestration into oil wells!

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:36:00 +0000

Part of the solution is CO2 sequestration into oil wells!

By: Mitchell Beer

Mitchell Beer — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:53:58 +0000

Thanks for this. What is the net energy gain from the process? What proportion of a megawatt does it consume for every megawatt it produces?

By: Mitchell Beer

Mitchell Beer — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:53:00 +0000

Thanks for this. What is the net energy gain from the process? What proportion of a megawatt does it consume for every megawatt it produces?

By: zach

zach — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:05:51 +0000

Great post! Thanks for this, Susan!

By: zach

zach — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:05:00 +0000

Great post! Thanks for this, Susan!