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Commenting on the admission by E.ON’s UK boss that a new coal power plant at Kingsnorth in Kent would be unlikely to install clean coal technology in time to meet the Government’s 2014 deadline, Simon Hughes said:“Kingsnorth II is now a dead duck. This disclosure should put it out of the running for Government funding. If Kingsnorth doesn’t withdraw itself from the CCS pilot shortlist, it should be removed.
“We need to have a carbon capture demonstration plant up and running by 2014 in order to roll out the technology across the sector by 2020. The Government has already repeatedly dithered over this project, the last thing we need is yet more delay.
“The UK has a great chance to lead the world in the development of carbon capture technology. Kingsnorth must not be allowed to get in the way.”
(In its environment statement - section 3 of this document - E.ON states merely that "Deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) [...] will be considered as an option for GHG emission reduction at the Kingsnorth site by E.ON UK at a later date."
In the mean time, the French have beaten us - and probably the rest of the world - in fitting carbon capture and storage facilities to an operational power station. The Guardian had the story in April. - FHL)
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There is a huge problem with not just our society, but the whole of the world, all six and a bit billion of us.
That problem - RELIGION!
The vast majority of those who believe in a "god" also believe that, god, this mythical being, will save the environment and mankind!
Sorry, it's just not going to happen.
We do need to rapidly reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, from its present 380 ppm level to somewhere around 200 ppm, which was the background level pre-industrial revolution.
To do this we need to focus on non-fossil fuels means of energy production (and this does include wind), reduce our use of oil and coal, and have some way of turning atmospheric CO2 into carbon in either the solid or liquid form.
The power company today announced that they had shelved the plans until well after the next election.
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