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  George Monbiot: Carbon capture is turning out to be just another great green scam | Comment is free | The Guardian 

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/mar/18/fossilfuels.carbonemissions

  Carbon capture is turning out to be just another great green scam Cleaner technology is possible, but Labour plans to introduce it so slowly that any benefits will be lost in higher coal output 'Coal is ... so clean and fresh that the prime minister brushes his teeth with it, Downing Street said last night. Mr Brown said advances in coal technology meant it was now one of the cleanest substances on Earth, and an unrivalled remover of stains and scaling." So says the satirical website the Daily Mash. The real claims are scarcely battier. Ministers are about to decide whether to approve a new coal-burning power station at Kingsnorth in Kent. This would be the first such plant to be built in Britain since the monster at Drax was finished in 1986. As well as coal, it will burn up the government's targets, policies and promises on climate change. John Hutton, the secretary of state in charge of energy, has started justifying the decision he says he hasn't made. "For critics," he argued last wee   [More...] [Less...]

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  Green skies: Engineer's work may reduce jet travel's role in global warming 

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  News Releases All News Releases | « Previous News Release | Next News Release » For immediate release: September 13, 2007 Media contact: Hilary Parker, (609) 258-4597, haparker@princeton.edu Green ... skies: Engineer's work may reduce jet travel's role in global warming Princeton Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Fred Dryer has a lofty goal: end the nation's reliance on oil for jet travel. With potentially major benefits for energy security and the environment riding upon his success, Dryer is advancing the fundamental knowledge of jet fuels while developing practical, innovative energy sources. "In order to make alternative jet fuel sources feasible, they need to be compatible with petroleum and produce similar combustion performance," Dryer said. "This will only be possible if we fully understand how both petroleum and alternative fuels burn and design engines based on this fundamental knowledge." Backed by government and industry grants, Dryer is leading two   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 14 September 2007, by: Tim Woodall  [Report as spam]

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  Tags:  aerospace engineering, global warming, jet fuel, climate change, engineer , goals, offsetting, reduction   [More...] [Less...]