<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Germany opens world’s first carbon-capturing ‘clean coal’ demo plant]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/clean_coal/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:37:35 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/clean_coal/1 CO2 = C + O X 2 ??

Here's what I don't understand.

C02.

It's got 2 O's -- or oxygens and a C.

If we could strip off the C, we could use the O2 to burn more coal efficiency.

The C would just be...what? Black soot or something?  That seems like it would be easy to bury.

]]> CO2 = C + O X 2 ??

Here's what I don't understand.

C02.

It's got 2 O's -- or oxygens and a C.

If we could strip off the C, we could use the O2 to burn more coal efficiency.

The C would just be...what? Black soot or something?  That seems like it would be easy to bury.

]]> Comment #2 by Pangolin http://www.grist.org/article/clean_coal/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:52:45 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/clean_coal/2 It's called charcoal JB

You can make it from pyrolized biomass, plow it into a field and the field grows more crops, emits less GHG's and stores more rainfall as groundwater. People call it biochar or terra preta nova.

It's also a dang bit easier to implement on a global scale than CCS. And it would store more carbon in the ground for less money.

]]> It's called charcoal JB

You can make it from pyrolized biomass, plow it into a field and the field grows more crops, emits less GHG's and stores more rainfall as groundwater. People call it biochar or terra preta nova.

It's also a dang bit easier to implement on a global scale than CCS. And it would store more carbon in the ground for less money.

]]> Comment #3 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/clean_coal/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:25:36 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/clean_coal/3 Fuel Not Waste

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/01/S2P ...

Scientists Use Sunlight to Make Fuel From CO2

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico have found a way of using sunlight to recycle carbon dioxide and produce fuels like methanol or gasoline.

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http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/01/S2P ...

Scientists Use Sunlight to Make Fuel From CO2

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico have found a way of using sunlight to recycle carbon dioxide and produce fuels like methanol or gasoline.

]]> Comment #4 by BlackBear http://www.grist.org/article/clean_coal/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:58:53 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/clean_coal/4 How droll my wit!

"Use Sunlight to Make Fuel From CO2"

Back when I was in school we called that process photosynthesis.

Sorry, JB, I just couldn't help myself!

]]> How droll my wit!

"Use Sunlight to Make Fuel From CO2"

Back when I was in school we called that process photosynthesis.

Sorry, JB, I just couldn't help myself!

]]> Comment #5 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/clean_coal/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:18:57 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/clean_coal/5 Plants Do It, Trees Do It, Even Educated...

...Materials Scientists Do It.  

Let's Do It.  

Let's Photosynthesize CO2.

BlackBear, I was thinking the same thing last night as I rolled the whole CO2 issue around in my head.   Of course, CO2 is a FOOD to one-half of the species taxonomy!

Seriously, couldn't genetic engineering be used to make a really fat, wasteful, sloth of a fern that sat around all day doing nothing but gobbling down CO2 and putting on a really thick coat of cellulose.

]]> Plants Do It, Trees Do It, Even Educated...

...Materials Scientists Do It.  

Let's Do It.  

Let's Photosynthesize CO2.

BlackBear, I was thinking the same thing last night as I rolled the whole CO2 issue around in my head.   Of course, CO2 is a FOOD to one-half of the species taxonomy!

Seriously, couldn't genetic engineering be used to make a really fat, wasteful, sloth of a fern that sat around all day doing nothing but gobbling down CO2 and putting on a really thick coat of cellulose.

]]> Comment #6 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/clean_coal/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:27:25 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/clean_coal/6 Fun Fun Fun on the Autobahn...


Europe Signs Up for Hydrogen Cars
The European Parliament has called for a rollout of a EU filling-station network for hydrogen-powered cars

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/sep2008/gb2 ...

The European Parliament has called on the EU's executive to introduce measures to support the roll-out of a Europe-wide filling-station network for hydrogen-powered cars and develop common standards for the vehicles across all member states.

MEPs almost unanimously adopted a report on Wednesday (3 September) drafted by members of the centre-right European Peoples' Party grouping in the parliament on hydrogen-powered vehicles.



]]> Fun Fun Fun on the Autobahn...


Europe Signs Up for Hydrogen Cars
The European Parliament has called for a rollout of a EU filling-station network for hydrogen-powered cars

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/sep2008/gb2 ...

The European Parliament has called on the EU's executive to introduce measures to support the roll-out of a Europe-wide filling-station network for hydrogen-powered cars and develop common standards for the vehicles across all member states.

MEPs almost unanimously adopted a report on Wednesday (3 September) drafted by members of the centre-right European Peoples' Party grouping in the parliament on hydrogen-powered vehicles.



]]> Comment #7 by Pangolin http://www.grist.org/article/clean_coal/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:10:36 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/clean_coal/7 That's just spam JB

Your last post doesn't even have the slightest connection to the carbon-capture coal plant referred to in the OP. Hydrogen is still a dead horse as a transport fuel.

]]> That's just spam JB

Your last post doesn't even have the slightest connection to the carbon-capture coal plant referred to in the OP. Hydrogen is still a dead horse as a transport fuel.

]]> Comment #8 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/clean_coal/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:38:38 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/clean_coal/8 Eurogas

It's relevant in the sense of making all the fuss about coal irrelevant.

And the fact that the entire European Union committed to building a Hydrogen Highway would seem to be significant in any discussion...

]]> Eurogas

It's relevant in the sense of making all the fuss about coal irrelevant.

And the fact that the entire European Union committed to building a Hydrogen Highway would seem to be significant in any discussion...

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