Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Lost in America: Old King Coal "CAN" Be A Merry Old Soul

Lost in America: Old King Coal "CAN" Be A Merry Old Soul:                                                                   I've always been fascinated by new technologies.  One reason per...

2 comments:

Frank R. Krzesowiak said...

$35/$50 a ton? I'm no math Wiz, but that doesn't sound like much money. Maybe not enough for anyone to be able to turn a profit on such an expensive looking endeavor. Where did they come up with those figures? It would be just like our Government to pull the football away from Charley Brown.

A Modest Scribler said...

Frank, I'm not an expert but I did do a little checking. A metric ton of CO2 is equal to the volume 2,000 bath tubs. Given that these scrubbers can process two or three metric tons per second I'm guess it wouldn't take long to pay for the equipment, then begin enjoying fat profits. Probably need smarter people than us to explain it all.