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Von gqj17, 10:01The EIA analyzed the market impacts of the relatively modest -- $7 per ton -- CO2 emission cap in "discussion draft" legislation sponsored by
Sens. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Arlen Specter (R-PA). The bill's proposed cap would cut project 2010
projected investment in coal generation by more than
half (PDF). However, it does not make carbon capture and storage (CCS) economical. Would a bigger regulatory hammer do the trick? No, it
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An MIT study (PDF) finds that it will take billions of dollars over a decade to find out whether CCS is economical under a $30-per-ton CO2
penalty. Note that even if CCS is determined to be "economical," the MIT study estimates that Microsoft visio 2010
coal generation over the next five decades
grows by less than 20 percent of what it would in the absence of a carbon penalty.
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capable of producing vast quantities of
affordable energy without emissions would it be reasonable for Congress to consider mandatory emission cuts.
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worldwide R&D investment in non-carbon-emitting energy technologies. This -- not tougher CO2 controls -- should be the focus of post-Kyoto
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