In reply to Jones Beene's message of Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:08:33 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] >--- Nick Palmer wrote: > >> getting the CO2 from existing coal/oil/gas fired >plants would be FAR better... > >I agree 100%. The situation is not either/or. > >CO2 should definitely be removed from the exhaust of >all existing fossil fired plants, and fed to algae- >there is no question about that. > >However, that will not be enough to end the US >dependence on Middle Eastern Oil. [snip] If I'm not mistaken (and I could well be), then the US actually consumes more fossil fuel to generate electricity than it does for transportation, so capturing all the CO2 from fossil power plants and converting it into algoil, might even make the US into a net exporter again. Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.
