Monday, January 4, 2010
Response #9 to "Experimental Power Plant Takes the CO2 Out"
This article is significant because coal is where the majority of the United States' electricity is acquired. 51 percent of our countries electricity is crested from coal powered plants, and about 60 percent of all of our countries carbon emissions are from the coal power plants. If we switched completely from coal as our major source of power then we could dramatically decrease our countries carbon footprint, but that's not realistic. Instead, we can reduce the effect that the existing plants have on the environment. At this point, the technology is not proven, so we should not rely solely on it. I still believe wind and solar are the way of the future. This technology however, is a step in the right direction.
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