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Graphic: Lawrence Berkeley Labs
The Department of Energy awarded $126.6 million in grants today
to projects that will pump 1 million tons of CO2 into underground
caverns at sites in California and Ohio. The grants are subject to
approval from Congress. When private money is included, the amount
spent on the projects will be about $180 million over 10 years, the DOE
said. So there’s still time to write a scathing letter to your US
Senator or Congressperson to tell them they’d may as well just pour
money down the hole and save the trouble.
Will you have carbon dioxide underfoot? Lawrence Berkeley Lab studies
the locations of power plants, oil wells, and geological formations for
storing carbon dioxide. Hopefully DOE will divert a little bit of money
towards LBL to help in making a US map that actually represents our
borders and Great lakes well. Puget Sound and much of the Great Lakes
are smoothed into oblivion. Massachusetts has gained a landfill in the
ocean. Maybe this is the “homogeneity adjusted” US Map? Maybe this is
what the USA will look like in the future once we bloat the underworld
with CO2?
Even some environmental groups call carbon sequestration “a scam”, claiming that it is too expensive and uncertain to be competitive with non-coal alternatives like wind and solar.
Of course the concept is so simple, thanks to DOE kids web, even a child can understand it. Got something you don’t want mom to see? is your room a mess? Shove it under the bed!
I just hope nobody drops a shipment of expired Mentos down the wrong hole. Source
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