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  Fed Up With This

  Forget Kyoto, forget AB32.  What we need is to cap global CO2 emissions at 2007 levels and start atmospheric CCS in large enough quantities to achieve the latter century emissions targets.  Sound expensive? It is.  Would you prefer that a nice market mechanism like cap and trade do the job more efficiently? Me too.  Is that likely to happen at the pace we're on now? Highly doubtful at anything even close to those Carbon prices.  

  A global CCS program needs to be paid for by everyone in proportion to the fossil fuel production, combustion, and deforestation taking place in each nation(not solely on the basis of direct emissions). This would surely make an economic stimulus package of epic proportions and something that would make our grandchildren duly proud.

  Then we can take all the time in the world to reduce emissions using cap and trade.On CARB does not recognize the meaning of 'maximum emission reductions' posted 11 months ago 2 Responses

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  Prisons

  Not sure if public buildings includes jails, but if not this might be a good group of structures to add to the list.On Obama pledges to use stimulus to make schools and public buildings more energy efficient posted 11 months ago 7 Responses

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  Superfund

  I don't think I say this on the list.  How about putting people to work cleaning up all those superfund sites?On American Progress' 'Green Recovery' plan posted 11 months ago 21 Responses

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  Underground Coal Gasification

  One possible way around MTR is to convert the coal mining process to UGC. The conditions have to be good and I don't know whether or not they are or not in this part of West Virginia. If we are going to use coal as an energy fuel, then UGC does pose several advantages: 1) No ash or slag removal and handling are necessary, since inert material predominantly remains in the underground cavities, 2) Optimal pressure in the underground gasifier promotes groundwater flow into the cavity, thus confining the chemical process to the boundaries of the gasifier and preventing contamination of the underground environment, 3)The gas is produced under pressure and at a moderate temperature, and easily lends itself to CO2 removal by a range of standard methods, with low energy penalty and at a relatively low cost. A UGC test was done recently in Australia: http://www.lincenergy.com.au/cpb.phpOn West Virginian advocates push to build a wind farm on a proposed mountaintop removal site posted 1 year, 2 months ago 8 Responses

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  Carbon Footprint

  The average urban dweller has a much smaller carbon footprint than the rural. So how about some love?On High oil prices revive urban oil drilling posted 1 year, 7 months ago 7 Responses