Comments on: UK Scientists Plan To Recycle Power Plant Emissions Into Fuel

By: Otis11

Otis11 — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:37:00 +0000

That BBC article linked is some MAJOR GREEN WASHING.

By: Otis11

Otis11 — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:15:00 +0000

While this may be a practical stop-gap solution, unless they plan on using GHGs already in the environment it is not a practical long term solution as the GHG is still emitted at the end.

By: Hans

Hans — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:21:00 +0000

Oops typo:

By the way: Biofuels are a very inefficient way to use solar energy

By: Hans

Hans — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:20:00 +0000

Smells like windowdressing. The same algae could produce biofuels using CO2 from the air.

By the biofuels are a very inefficient way to use solar energy.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:29:00 +0000

This is a new idea hope so its successful on future.But its really a strange and unbelievable idea. so i have no surety that is it good or not.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:29:00 +0000

This is a new idea hope so its successful on future.But its really a strange and unbelievable idea. so i have no surety that is it good or not. Industrial Waste Recycling

By: jdavies

jdavies — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:50:00 +0000

I don’t see this as very positive. This is still taking fossil carbon out of the ground and putting it into the carbon cycle, meaning an increase in carbon in the cycle. This is the opposite of what we need to be doing and not what I would hope ‘promising’ new technologies would be aiming to accomplish.

It might displace some fossil fuel use, and so marginally slow the rate of increase of carbon into the cycle, but if it somehow makes all these old fossil fuel burners seem more viable, then it could have a net negative impact on our shift to renewables.

Get the power stations burning renewable fuels, then it will be something to get excited about!