A GROUP Of Scientist
at the Los Alamos
National Laboragtory
In the us have come
up with a unique
strategy to Pee
the carbon dim
(Cod gas emans
from fuel-burning plants - report
responsible for the global war"
phenomenon - harmless. Atcordin
Klaus S Lackner, the chief physich
the laboratory, it should be.possible to
separate C02 gas from the smoke of the
fossil fuel burning plants. and then mixing it with certain minerals such as
magnesium oxide or calcium oxide.
The carbon in the gas would permanently bind with the minerals keeping
it out of the atmosphere. Lackner estimates it would cost about 5 cents to
soak tip the carbon dioxide
the production of a single
hour of electricity including everything
from construction of treatment
to mining and crushing the mixed oil
That is equal to the roughly 5 cents
kilowatt-hour to produce the electricity
in the first place. "But I view this as
an insurance policy", declares Lackray
It is certainly a small price to pay
when the polar ice sheets are at stay
he contends.
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