tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post7997140692250145460..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: The Distraction of Coal at COP19Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-14055107484859675592013-11-19T12:34:14.955-05:002013-11-19T12:34:14.955-05:00CO2 capture and storage makes sense in the context...CO2 capture and storage makes sense in the context of atmospheric remediation, not fossil-fuel cleanup. Perhaps some design of a thermal-spectrum reactor like a thorium or DMSR can be used as a drop-in replacement for coal-fired boilers, allowing those sub-critical plants to go on generating at low investment cost and without CO2. On the other side, carbon from a variety of sources is routinely gathered and then allowed to return to the atmosphere. If substantial amounts of that carbon can be locked up instead, we can drive atmospheric CO2 down instead of up. The hard part is going to be integrating these sequestration steps into a changed economy, instead of layering them on as added-cost elements which are bound to be bypassed whenever people can get away with it.Engineer-Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06420685176098522332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-91511608021815356682013-11-19T09:13:42.391-05:002013-11-19T09:13:42.391-05:00I believe that CO2 capture is a ridiculous idea. ...I believe that CO2 capture is a ridiculous idea. With less effort and absolute assurance of success coal can be replaced by nuclear. Maybe retrofitting would make sense, but probably not.SteveK9noreply@blogger.com