FutureGen picks Illinois for carbon-sequestering facility Coal is almost the perfect fuel. Its cheap and absurdly abundant—especially in the U.S., which has the worlds larges reserves. Theres just that tiny problem of massive climate-altering carbon dioxide emissions. Or is there?
If you use the nex gen coal plant and a way to burn the sea water efficently with minimal power you could take the h2 and o and seperate them then inject the h2 from that process which combine with the co2 to make methane which at that point you could burn it which will just make co2 and water vapor then seperate the co2 and water vapor just to stick it back into the ground along with more h2 to start the process all over again. In other words you would ecentually have 10 underground tanks with shock absorbers like the ones that are used in chiane mountain ( 4 for co2, 4 for h2, and 2 for methane that is made). The o2 that is also produced can be combined back to the plant or turned into a fuel source. In a sense 5 power plants in one which will increass the power efficency by 300 percent and will not leave any co2 imprent at all while also supplying a lot more power for hybred and electric cars as well as your power grid. S. Porter
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