DOE Pumps $126.6 Million Into Carbon Sequestration

RickRussellTX writes "The DOE 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. 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. I just hope nobody drops a Mentos down the wrong pipe."

Re:Better solution exists

[Anonymous Coward]

If only we could engineer a self-replicating machine that uses carbon from the air and turns it into a pretty dense and perhaps even useful solid material.

If I made such a machine I might call it 'The Real Easy Extraction' machine

The USA

[kcbanner]

The USA: Dumping their problems into holes and sealing them off...since...forever.

Re:Better solution exists

[Awptimus Prime]

It's not like there isn't "ticking time bombs" everywhere. I say we try what we know how to do first, then you can have the starship enterprise show up and work it's miracles when it arrives.

Re:What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

[silvermorph]

Hey neat, we're making our own Balrog.

Re:Bamboo

[Anonymous Coward]

3.Wait until becomes Petroleum.

Re:Bamboo

[techno-vampire]

3.Wait until becomes Petroleum.

I think you misspelled the word "Coal."

Re:So...

[cheater512]

I'm pissed that its CO2 going down in to the underground caverns.
It would be far more efficient if it was nuclear waste.

Re:So...

[NewsWatcher]

I for one can't wait to live in a world powered by nuclear power. All those nasty carbon emissions replaced by radioactive waste that will hang around for a few hundred million years.
No more carbon clouds mean we will have a nice clear view of those green skies and mutant pigs flying around.

scam

[Anonymous Coward]

Environmental groups call carbon sequestration "a scam"

Very fitting, considering global warming is a myth in the first place!

If everyone held their breath....

[Anonymous Coward]

for just 10 seconds a day, we could reduce CO2 emissions considerably.

Do your part!

(Enviros are so gullible)

Re:So...

[somersault]

Oh I think you'll find that the SEGs system is rather decentralised. Hundreds of millions of couples the world over produce SEGs energy every day, often utilising hot oil and getting in some production even after sundown. Natural gas is an unfortunate side effect of the procedures involved.

Re:So...

[somersault]

smart management

Quit channeling false hope with your crazy lies and pipe dreams - you know as well as I that management are never going to be smart.

This was a plot form the Beverly Hillbillies!!!

[jzarling]

I knew this sounded familiar - its the plot of a Beverly Hillbillies episode from September 1970.

http://www.tv.com/the-beverly-hillbillies/the-pollution-solution/episode/72982/summary.html [tv.com]
Jed: This fellow's gonna drill a tunnel through the San Bernardino Mountains, put in a great big fan, and draw all the smog out of Los Angeles.
Drysdale: Why, that's a preposterous idea.
Jed: Yeah. We like it too. (edit)

Good episode