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Originally Posted by Titanium Cat
The latter is not a bad idea if it can work as it can be fitted to existing plants. However I think the reason they are against a lot of clean coal research (mainly sequestoring) is because they believe it to be uneconomical and simply a handout to the coal industry.
The FutureGen project was very expensive and only viable when the feds were kicking in over half the cost.
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Well, $1.5 billion is not too bad in general. It's a fraction of a cost for a decent sized refinery. You would pay as much for a basic chemical plant nowadays. But lol, that basic plant would come with it's own power... $1.5 billion would be a bit too much for a simple coal burner.