Many of our fossil-fuel energy plants are trying to come up with ideas to retrofit themselves to fit into future government mandated accountability. These monstrosities were built decades ago and generate tons of carbon dioxide. A coal-fired energy plant in West Virginia is installing a method to capture and bury its carbon dioxide for millennia.
This company's answer to accountability for requirements and regulations is to bury the problem to the sum of $73 million. China and India are watching the test process closely.
Could you have come up with a better idea of getting rid of carbon dioxide with a budget of $100 million?
Do you think future generations would have expected us to generate a better solution?
To read the complete article click onto: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/science/earth/22coal.html?_r=1
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