Notes on "Experimental Power Plant Takes the CO2 Out."

Coal is one of the leading sources of carbon emissions in the United States.
Coal currently generates about 51 percent of the United States electricity.
The Obama Administration has shown support for the power plant that will be using "FutureGen" which is a technology in which roughly 60 percent of the carbon emissions from the production of coal is put deep underground.
FutureGen is scheduled to be up and running by 2014.
The CO2 gases are siphoned until they're nearly a liquid and pumped deep into sandstone where the gas will be trapped and not go up into the atmosphere.
FutureGen has been criticized by both the right and the left.
Left: Believe America should lessen its dependence on coal technology instead of just making it less harmful to the environment.
Right: Disapprove of spending money on an unproven technology.
Some ways to stash carbon:
1. Capture it at the source.
2. Grab it with artificial trees.
3. Bury it under the sea.
4. Turn it into charcoal.
5. Turn it into rock.