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----- Forwarded Message ---- From: WVEC - Don Alexander paradox@spectrumz.com To: Jim Sconyers jim_scon@yahoo.com Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 10:23:46 AM Subject: WVEC Action Alert: Tell the DEP we need real solutions not Carbon Sequestration
WVEC Action Alert West Virginia Environmental Council Action Alert January 28, 2009 WVEC Alerts Archive ________________________________
This alert is being pased on from our friends at CRMW: Tell the DEP we need real solutions not Carbon Sequestration
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Submit Your Comment This Friday, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection will close the comment period on American Electric Power's permit application to capture and geologically sequester Carbon Dioxide emissions from its Mountaineer Power Plant. Please take a moment to visit www.crmw.net/CCS_Comments.php to tell the DEP not to approve this permit.
Why is Carbon Capture and Sequestration a Bad Idea?
* Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) is not a viable option to prevent catastrophic climate change. In a best case scenario, CCS wouldn't significantly contribute to a reduction in carbon emissions for at least 15 years, well beyond the time period in which we have to significantly curb our CO2 emissions. This particular permit will only capture around 1% of the plant's emissions. * CCS is an energy intensive process. For a coal-fired power plant to capture and sequester all of its CO2, it would require up to 40% of the plant's energy output. This means that while its capturing 1% of it's emissions, Mountaineer will also produce 0.4% more CO2 to maintain energy output levels and carbon sequestration, making the already minuscule amount of CO2 captured even less significant. * This decrease in efficiency will lead to increased coal consumption and mountaintop removal coal mining. * Capturing and sequestering carbon emissions from a coal-fired power plant will double the price of electricity from coal, making it more expensive than renewables like wind and solar. * The permit does not show the contours of the strata the CO2 will be injected into nor does it mention the flow of the water that is in the strata. If this permit is approved it will be approved without knowing where and how the CO2 will migrate. * We cannot afford to waste precious time and resources on this dead end technology.Please go to www.crmw.net/CCS_Comments.php to learn more and submit your comments by January 30, or mail them to
Director, Division of Water and Waste Management, DEP 601 57th Street SE Charleston, WV 25304-2345 ATTN: Jeff Knepper, UIC Programs
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