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There is no thermodynamically possible way to generate power from burning coal while also removing the primary product of the reaction from the effluent. Clean
by stdplaceholder 8y ago
There is no thermodynamically possible way to generate power from burning coal while also removing the primary product of the reaction from the effluent. Clean coal is, necessarily, 100% bullshit.
- fromthestart 8y agoThat's not true at all. You can, for example, sequester it by injecting it into the earth.
- mrguyorama 8y agoBy default you would then end up with less energy than you started with
- avs733 8y ago>Clean coal is, necessarily, 100% bullshit Necessarily = chemically and thermodynamically
- adrianN 8y agoI think the idea is not to turn the CO2 back into carbon and oxygen, but to store it somewhere other than the atmosphere. That is not thermodynamically impossible.