Comments on: Steven Chu Backpedals on Coal-fired Power http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/01/14/steven-chu-backpedals-on-coal-fired-power/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=steven-chu-backpedals-on-coal-fired-power Climate science and climate change information - West Coast Climate Equity is dedicated to providing facts about the causes of climate change and the evidence for global warming. We report the latest climate science news, information, research and studies to educate about the true impact of dangerous climate change on our world. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:25:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Wes Rolley http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/01/14/steven-chu-backpedals-on-coal-fired-power/comment-page-1/#comment-382 Wes Rolley Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:20:48 +0000 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=1877#comment-382 While there are many problems with coal that have been masked for years, maybe the one problem that can have some technological solution is that of CO2 emissions. Dr. Chu is confident that it does. At the same time, I would cite the pilot project of Calera, a tech start up in Los Gatos, CA. They have a pilot plant operational that produces cement by bubbling exhause gases from a gas fired power plant through sea water, trapping the CO2 as calcium or magnesium carbonates, drying the precipitate using the heat from the same flue gas. A rather ingenious solution when you consider that cement manufacture is the 5th leading source of CO2. While there are many problems with coal that have been masked for years, maybe the one problem that can have some technological solution is that of CO2 emissions. Dr. Chu is confident that it does.

At the same time, I would cite the pilot project of Calera, a tech start up in Los Gatos, CA. They have a pilot plant operational that produces cement by bubbling exhause gases from a gas fired power plant through sea water, trapping the CO2 as calcium or magnesium carbonates, drying the precipitate using the heat from the same flue gas. A rather ingenious solution when you consider that cement manufacture is the 5th leading source of CO2.

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