The BBC Reports on Clean Coal

Here's the link to a new report from the BBC - Clean Coal: Fool's Gold or the Bright Future?



The story raises a number of important issues. First, the costs to implement carbon capture may make coal prohibitively expensive - that is if it works. Further, industry representatives and Energy Department acknowledge that widespread use of the technology isn't likely to be seen until 2030.

So even if it works and is economically feasible, it's deployment may occur too late to slow global warming. Why are we doing this?