Mr. H.
Diamond Member
I see a bit of irony in the environmental movement's assertion that we must keep pouring billions of dollars into alternatives/renewables research and development regardless of today's cost... for SOME day it will become more efficient, economically viable, and a widely demanded consumer product.
But when it comes to carbons-based energy, especially coal, we are expected- regardless of today's cost- NOT to pour billions of dollars into R&D but to cease it's use in entirety.
The Popular Mechanics story is quite correct in its assertions, but (and I REFUSE to read it for a third time ) it does not go so far as to discount any possibility of coal burning becoming a clean process.
But when it comes to carbons-based energy, especially coal, we are expected- regardless of today's cost- NOT to pour billions of dollars into R&D but to cease it's use in entirety.
The Popular Mechanics story is quite correct in its assertions, but (and I REFUSE to read it for a third time ) it does not go so far as to discount any possibility of coal burning becoming a clean process.