This is my latest project - big coal plant on top of poor quality coal mine - coal gasification, combined cycle, and 65% CO2 sequestering making it equal in emissions to NG and cheaper and not subject to price swings...
Cost $2.2 billion, $230 million DOE "help", $130 million MS property tax assistance.
Interesting...
Plenty of Info on www...
Larry Wells
Atlanta, Georgia
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Sounds like you are in favor of government intervention, Larry.
Not really, but if this thing works it could greatly decrease dependence on foreign oil. I previously worked on GP's black liquor gassifiers for several years. The process worked but material scientists were not able to come up with materials that would hold up. Had it worked, it would have been good for the paper industry [and my talents and specific control systems experience would be greatly in demand].
The government used to work well, you know things like WWII, Manhattan Project, B52s, Interstate Highway system, Apollo program...
Why did it work well? For one thing they picked the right people for the right job. Can you imagine Sotomayor or Kagan being one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts? They are young and healthy and would have certainly offered diversity to the program...
Folks back then were dedicated, they had to be since they were working for a fraction of what the private sector paid.
Now the government pays more than the private sector, especially [entitlement] benefits. So they pay political cronies more for doing less. And they get big bonuses for doing a bad job.
Take that part term Senator Burris from Illinois... Look at the crazy pensions in California. The postmaster general's pay deal is $800,000. His bonus last year (as they lost money) was 6 figures.
In the new financial bill rather than stressing equal opportunities, they are promoting "equal results"...
yada-yada-yada
Larry