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Dr. Suzuki,
A real leader brings public focus to the prime problem and the priority cure for same.
This sea of information on your blogsite is entertaining to some, but a diversion that makes Exxon, Chevron and GM SMILE.
Debate - procrastinate - Too late!
The priority must be the retrofit of carbon scrub-tech for the tens of thousands of Coal-Gen plants world wide.
Along with Africa*s massive liquifaction Coal plant.. the world*s most prolific pollution generator.
Where is your focus on this prime world problem?
Dr. Suzuki, please, where is YOUR prime focus?
Time is running on.
http://TonyGuitar.blogspot.com
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First, CPP's go-ahead to their share of the AMP-Ohio coal plant is contingent upon the results of an independent assessment by an engineering consultant (to be selected) of the viability of implementing the ECO2 CO2 carbon capture technology developed by Powerspan Corporation of New Hampshire.
This technology, essentially a CO2 scrubber, is designed to remove 90% of CO2 emissions from the plant's flue stream, and is being tested in pilot scale at the R.E. Burger powerplant owned and operated by First Energy (NYSE: FE).
If the assessment indicates that the Powerspan ECO2 CO2 scrubber technology is not-ready-for-primetime, CPP is out of the deal.
Second, assuming the new coal plant is built, AMP-Ohio is committed to retiring its 1950's vintage Gorsuch coal powerplant.
Clearly, replacing an old relic with a new plant benefiting from 90% CO2 capture will lead to substantial CO2 emission reductions, relative to the status quo.
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Thus, there is more to the story than might initially appear to the casual reader.
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Assuming that both of the above conditions apply, the construction of this new coal plant is actually a good idea, not a bad idea.
The moral of the story is that environmental advocates need not have a rabid knee-jerk reac