Comments on: A Silver Bullet or just ‘Greenwash’? http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/09/09/a-silver-bullet-or-just-greenwash/ Global environmental challenges Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:13:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: CarbonSignal » Germany launches world’s first coal-fired CCS plant http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/09/09/a-silver-bullet-or-just-greenwash/#comment-336297 CarbonSignal » Germany launches world’s first coal-fired CCS plant Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:01:08 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/09/09/a-silver-bullet-or-just-greenwash/#comment-336297 [...] optimise the process.  They predict the economic break-even point for this technology is around 35 Euros per tonne, which may not be far off considering that the current carbon price in Europe is just below 30 [...] [...] optimise the process.  They predict the economic break-even point for this technology is around 35 Euros per tonne, which may not be far off considering that the current carbon price in Europe is just below 30 [...]

]]> By: Josh http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/09/09/a-silver-bullet-or-just-greenwash/#comment-336251 Josh Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:32:44 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/09/09/a-silver-bullet-or-just-greenwash/#comment-336251 A great advancement in coal fired power plants. This could lead to many more electric cars, without concern about the electrical generation fouling up our air. No "Luis Rodolfo Cabrera Juárez" common use of hydrogen fueled vehicles will not be practical for a long time, if ever. A great advancement in coal fired power plants.
This could lead to many more electric cars, without concern about the electrical generation fouling up our air.

No “Luis Rodolfo Cabrera Juárez” common use of hydrogen fueled vehicles will not be practical for a long time, if ever.

]]> By: Michael Murno http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/09/09/a-silver-bullet-or-just-greenwash/#comment-336214 Michael Murno Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:09:41 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/09/09/a-silver-bullet-or-just-greenwash/#comment-336214 This seem too good to be true. Instead of polluting the air, would we be polluting the earth (underground). What is the danger, if any, of leakage into our groundwater acqifers? What steps, if any, are being taken to ensure groundwater safety? This form of energy still relies on the mining of coal, the safety of which leaves a lot to be desired. Additionally, such practices as strip mining used in the past, if not controlled, mars the earth's surface and changes the earth's contour. I consider this another form of pollution that has not been sufficiently addressed. The following are excerpts from an article entitled "Time-Resolved Study of Bonding in Liquid Carbon" Liquid carbon is yet another incarnation, one that can exist only in environments of extremely high temperatures and pressures, such as those found in the cores of gas giants like Uranus and Neptune. Liquid carbon is volatile and thus inherently transient in an unconstrained environment. As for me, I would invest in the energy that surrounds us; wind, solar, geothermal, tidal, even wave energy. There are no significant adverse impacts of which I am aware for those forms of energy. This seem too good to be true. Instead of polluting the air, would we be polluting the earth (underground). What is the danger, if any, of leakage into our groundwater acqifers? What steps, if any, are being taken to ensure groundwater safety?

This form of energy still relies on the mining of coal, the safety of which leaves a lot to be desired. Additionally, such practices as strip mining used in the past, if not controlled, mars the earth’s surface and changes the earth’s contour. I consider this another form of pollution that has not been sufficiently addressed.

The following are excerpts from an article entitled “Time-Resolved Study of Bonding in Liquid Carbon”

Liquid carbon is yet another incarnation, one that can exist only in environments of extremely high temperatures and pressures, such as those found in the cores of gas giants like Uranus and Neptune. Liquid carbon is volatile and thus inherently transient in an unconstrained environment.

As for me, I would invest in the energy that surrounds us; wind, solar, geothermal, tidal, even wave energy. There are no significant adverse impacts of which I am aware for those forms of energy.

]]> By: Saad Khan http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/09/09/a-silver-bullet-or-just-greenwash/#comment-336210 Saad Khan Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:38:04 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/09/09/a-silver-bullet-or-just-greenwash/#comment-336210 Nice post but what about the developing world's perspective? Best, Saad http://www.socialbridges.org/2008/09/10/employees-csr-awakening-and-impacts-on-developing-countries/ Nice post but what about the developing world’s perspective?

Best,

Saad
http://www.socialbridges.org/2008/09/10/ employees-csr-awakening-and-impacts-on-d eveloping-countries/

]]> By: Luis Rodolfo Cabrera Juárez http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/09/09/a-silver-bullet-or-just-greenwash/#comment-336208 Luis Rodolfo Cabrera Juárez Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:00:11 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/09/09/a-silver-bullet-or-just-greenwash/#comment-336208 I think improving cleaning of energy production, using fuels, is the end move in this direction. The "clean energy" sources are the future. Several countries, as Costa Rica, only obtain 5 % of its electric energy from fuels burning. The industrials companies fear lose their economic advantages if leave the fossils fuels. However, the climatic change pressures on world, yet. Before thirty years, the fossils fuels will be out. Even in the vehicles, the new hydrogen/oxigen piles, with a 70% performance are the first option. I think improving cleaning of energy production, using fuels, is the end move in this direction. The “clean energy” sources are the future. Several countries, as Costa Rica, only obtain 5 % of its electric energy from fuels burning. The industrials companies fear lose their
economic advantages if leave the fossils fuels. However, the climatic change pressures on world, yet. Before thirty years, the fossils fuels will be out. Even in the vehicles, the new hydrogen/oxigen piles, with a 70% performance are the first option.

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