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Technically, yes. But coal's main advantage over other electricity sources is that it's cheap. If you capture all the emissions it will no longer be cheap. Her
by philipkglass 8y ago
Technically, yes. But coal's main advantage over other electricity sources is that it's cheap. If you capture all the emissions it will no longer be cheap.
Here's one disastrously-over-budget attempt at a coal plant with CO2 capture:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemper_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemper_Project
Had they forced the plan to completion, it would have generated more expensive electricity than a new nuclear plant. More expensive than battery-backed solar. More expensive than any other utility scale electricity source in the United States.