Billions of US taxpayer dollars wasted on 'carbon capture' and 'clean coal storage' US Senate in effect is told by scientist

6/19/12, "Senate panel shaken by claim earthquakes could unmake CCS plans," Revkin.net

"The earthquakes probably would cause little damage, but the small-to-moderate tremors from carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects could be strong enough to shatter the seal of rock that prevents the CO2 from leaking upward, Mark Zoback, an earth sciences professor at Stanford, says in an article [PNAS paper] published yesterday.

“That’s one reason carbon storage is an “extremely expensive and risky strategy” to reduce carbon emissions, he told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during a hearing that explored the link between energy projects and earthquakes….”

One reason “clean coal” in a climate context remains a pipe dream."

8/12/2010, "Despite Costs, ‘Clean Coal’ Remains Obama Priority," DotEarth, Revkin

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Too bad billions of scarce US taxpayer dollars were diverted to "carbon capture." Just a few that came up from typing "federal grants for carbon capture" in google:

Carbon Capture & Storage Reference Plant Design - The Texas ...

1. www.texascleanenergyproject.com/news-room/

   Energy Department to stress funding for carbon capture, use and storage absent ... of Energy announced Tuesday that $450 million in federal funding has been ...
   

2. University of Kentucky gets $14.5 million federal grant | GreenSpot ...

   www.kentucky.com/2011/08/.../university-of-kentucky-gets-145.htm...

   Aug 16, 2011 – The University of Kentucky snagged a $14.5 million federal grant Monday to develop technology that can capture most of the carbon dioxide ...
   

3. Carbon Capture, Sequestration and Reduction | Bracewell ...

   m.bracewellgiuliani.com/.../carbon-capture-sequestration-and-reducti...

   Federal policy debates indicate a willingness to allocate billions of dollars for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) research and development. ... loan guarantees and the Clean Coal Power Initiative to other R&D grants, such as those from ...

4. ARRA Energy/Interior | Federal Funds Information for States

   www.ffis.org/452501/453764.html

   September 7, 2010: ARRA Funding Boosts Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage R&D DOE announced $575 million in ARRA funding for 22 projects that will ..."...

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