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2/20/2013 8:53:26 PM
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Energy from coal without burning it. Little to no CO2 release.
[url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/02/07/osu-process-gets-clean-coal-energy.html]OSU process gets ‘clean coal’ energy[/url].
This is a potential game-changer. With the US's coal reserves AND a way to use them without polluting or releasing CO2, this has the capability of "flipping" the oil-based economy and dependency that many nations are dealing with.
Very exciting prospect. Though I would also still like to see more progress and investment into [url=http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/143437-uranium-killed-the-thorium-star-but-now-its-time-for-round-two]neighborhood thorium reactors[/url].
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This is great news.
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1 ReplyIts good we can use coal with huge pollution, but we still have the problem of a limited supply. Finding coal will only become harder as time goes on.
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8 RepliesMining Coal is still dirty and we can't do it because think of the trees. Seriously people, putting Coal Miners back to work will be a good thing.
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If this is true, it'll be fantastic.
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Pretty awesome. I still consider nuclear power the future, but anything to eliminate the waste of burning coal is a good step forward.
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Interesting VERY interesting
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That's pretty amazing. I hope that these techniques will find some mainstream usage in the near future.
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Wait, you mean the "clean coal technology" we are using now is improperly named? But seriously, that is cool.
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awesome, will be reading this tonight as i burn plastic on my back porch.
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Excellent. However, coal ash can still be a serious environmental pollutant if handled carelessly. Although, this new method isn't quite proven yet, especially in the Megawatt range of power generation that most coal burning plants put out. Most coal burning plants are already pretty clean so long as the emission guidelines are kept. The main discharge is Pm10 and Pm2.5, as well as the main constituent of combustion, carbon dioxide. NOx is kept to a minimum, and even then, catalytic devices, AKA scrubbers, are used to eliminate those from the emissions. CO2 sequestration work needs to be worked on as well so proper storage of the gas can be dealt with as well.
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Well considering the UK is basically sat on 200 years of coal, we could gain a lot from this. The world was already planning to change back to coal so this just makes it more likely.
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inb4obamasaysno
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Edited by GT Stryker: 2/20/2013 8:56:00 PMHydrogen fuel cells are also a very promising option. I think that's the term for burning salt water and whatnot. You should also put this under #science.
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That's pretty cool.
