Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is expensive

by: Clem Guttata

Mon Jul 20, 2009 at 19:06:59 PM EDT

Even worse, that's the cost projection for CCS 20 years from now. Until then, if your utility bets on CCS instead of alternative energy, you'll be paying even higher electricity bills. (Someone has to pay for those new coal burning plants that can capture CO2.)

But wait! There's the whole problem of reliable carbon sequestration, too. There's still more than a few kinks to work out there...

Maybe the whole 'clean coal' thing isn't such a great idea after all.