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Originally Posted by mykalberta

There have to be filters/a filtering system for CO2 emissions as well and if not I would rather have Alberta spend X Billions on developing that technology than using nuclear power that we dont see a dime of revenue from.

MYK

Pretty tough to filter out a gas.

Do you honestly think that you can develope a technology that can eliminate CO2 emissions form burning coal?? The majority of technology used to clean up emissions from coal pants (called scrubbers, Not filters, as it's pretty darn tough to filter a gas), is aimed at reducing sulfur, mercury, and other harmful chemical emissions, the CO2 is allowed to go into the atmosphere. You're not gonna be able to get the CO2 emissions from a coal plant to anywhere near zero because that is what the vast majority of the emissions are.

As for Alberta not getting any revenue, man that is pretty much the mentality that got us into a situation where we need something like Kyoto in the first place (personally not a big supporter, but that is besides the point). To hell with the environment, I'd rather burn Coal becasue then I get something out of it, yeah, that's a really sustainable stance.