You seem to equate my statement with unified opposition. That isn't what I mean. Governments are people. Media are people. Corporations are people. Some of them will agree, some of them will disagree. In the Desert Rock case, it looks like the people involved have by and large judged that the benefits outweigh the risks. Some people (like Barbara Boxer, one of my Senators) are speaking out in opposition. That doesn't mean that everyone in government everywhere is uniformly opposed to the plan.
As for the plan itself, I haven't studied IGCC technology in detail, but I am very familiar with pulverized coal (PC) technology. Ten or fifteen years ago, PC was considered advanced production worthy technology, with fluidized-bed coal technology being the means of burning the fuel. Companies were pursuing pressurized fluidized-bed technology, and it looks like PFB has become a decent option for building new plants. http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/powersystems/combustion/fluidizedbed_overview.html It also looks like IGCC is the newest attempt to conquer the challenge of retrofitting old plants. By the way, don't think that utility companies aren't interested in advanced technology. They are extremely interested. Just google IGCC technology and you'll se AEP, Duke Power, and GE among others interested in commercializing the technology. http://www.aep.com/about/igcc/technology.htm That doesn't mean everyone agrees, though. On 2/22/07, Dana wrote: > > um, if you google Desert Rock (on News at least) you will see only one > article of any substance. This one, which was written by a freelancer, > notice. And a blurb that the $85 million subsidy went to a hearing > again today. Government is not opposed to this...Jeff Bingaman and > Barbara Boxer are *federal* legislators commenting on a matter that is > currently in a state legislature. > > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228781 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
