MIT Genius Wrote:
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> Ask 100 so-called intellectuals and 99 will say
> there is no way Trump can bring back coal jobs
> (just like 99 out of 100 political talking heads
> on TV also said no way he would be elected
> president). But consider the following:
>
> In early January 2017, it was reported that a
> British-funded firm in South India has invented a
> way of making coal-fired power stations clean.
> They are currently doing tests to make sure it
> works on the grand scale. Basically they've
> invented a cheap, easy-to-use filtration method
> that scrubs carbon dioxide from coal-fired power
> stations, and then uses it to make baking powder,
> which can be sold. Once these new clean-coal power
> stations start being built, Trump will look like a
> genius to the miners in Appalachia. And don't
> forget Germany is closing their nuclear power
> plants and replacing them with coal plants.
>
>
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603302/a-coal-f
> ired-power-plant-in-india-is-turning-carbon-dioxid
> e-into-baking-soda/
Finally, a response with a thought behind it. The problem with scrubbing or sequestering CO2 is that the cost is very high, and coal is already getting beat on costs by NG and even solar. Trump will be fighting basic economics. He'll lose.