The carbon capture will not work, and yes coal is worth saving only because it could keep us out of a Middle East War that could wipe us out quicker than global warming.

We need to become energy independent of the middle east. I would 10 time rather it be from clean alternative fuels, but on has to be realistic also.

We are the Saudia Arabia of coal, we just need to learn how to burn it cleaner and we need something on the scale of the Manhattan Project to accomplish this. Sell bonds, whatever, get it done.

I like the thought of the new Microbe or Bacteria that eats coal and produces gas that will burn and meet the Co2 requirements. Introduce it into an underground seam and pipe the gas straight to the powerplant. We already have an excellent pipe or gas transportation system in. You use no added fuel to transport it and the process leaves all the heavy metals and bad stuff in the ground.

You also get the added advantage of not having to send miners down to mine it. MSHA rules and regulations do not apply to microbes so the cost of mining underground will drop precipitously.

I personally would love to see it for above ground mining, I hate MTR with a passion, it will never be developed in enough time to save all these mountains, valleys and fresh water streams.

The eons of time and nature was good to us down here. It was not until we become civilized that destroying our habitat become fathomable or fashionable.

Sorry, your nuclear economics link didn't work - could you post again please?