According to a new analysis by the nonprofit and nonpartisan
Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) of data from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) U.S. power plant CO2 emissions
jumped 2.9 percent in 2007, the biggest single-year increase since 1998
The report's findings include: electric power industry's
carbon dioxide emissions have risen 5.9 percent since 2002 and 11.7
percent since 1997, making power plants the single largest factor in
climate change pollution in the U.S.
The 10 states with the biggest one-year increases in CO2 pollution
are: Texas, Georgia, Arizona, California, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Iowa,
Illinois, Virginia and North Carolina. Data from 2006 show that the 10
states that emitted the most CO2 per megawatt-hour of electricity
produced (meaning the least efficient power production relative to
resulting climate-related pollution) are: North Dakota, Wyoming,
Kentucky, Indiana, Utah, West Virginia, New Mexico, Colorado, Missouri,
and Iowa.
CO2 emissions are generally acknowledged as a major contributor to
the phenomenon of climate change. Current strategies to deal with the
problem include sequestering the gas in underground geological
formations and the ocean floor. The long-term energy costs and viability
of long-term sequestering are unknown. Carbon Sciences thinks they have
a better idea.
Transforming, Not Sequestering, CO2
Carbon Sciences proposes a completely different approach to the
problem of CO2 - transforming the gas into something useful with
commercial value instead of burying it somewhere.
The company has developed a patent-pending, working technology that
converts CO2 into a usable form of Calcium Carbonate, what the company
calls GreenCarbonate. This product - made from ubiquitous CO2 - has
extensive commercial uses, including agriculture, the manufacture of
paper, coatings, plastics, glass, ceramics, chalk, dental care, cosmetic
products, construction and architectural applications and as a natural
buffer used in pollution filters.
How It Works
Energy Efficient, GreenCarbon Technology
The GreenCarbonate process combines captured CO2 with readily
available mineral feedstocks. Using a patent-pending technology, mineral
feedstocks are transformed into GreenCarbonate, a highly stable and
useful mineral carbonate product. The GreenCarbon process uses waste
mineral products from coal mines and other mining operations, also know
as tailings, as a feedstock for the transformation of CO2 into useful
mineral carbonates. Through a proprietary cyclone and mill system, these
particles are processed into extremely fine mineral particulates to
maximize the available surface area for reacting with CO2. This method
greatly reduces the energy needed to produce fine particulate minerals,
which reduces the overall cost of this carbon dioxide transformation
system. A New Technology The final product from the conversion of CO2
gas produces mineral carbonates that are inert, safe for the environment
with commercial value. There is no storage risk and the commercial value
of the product offsets the costs of traditional carbon capture and
sequestration systems.
About Carbon Sciences, Inc.
Carbon Sciences, Inc. is a public company trading on the NASDAQ
Over-the-counter Bulletin Board market (the OTCBB). The trading symbol
for Carbon Sciences is "CABN" or "CABN.OB".
GreenCarbon and GreenCarbonate are registered trademarks owned by the
company. Based in Santa Barbara, California, Carbon Sciences, Inc. has
developed an innovative technology to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) -
which is implicated in the issue of global warming - into a number of
commercially useful, earth-friendly carbon products. The company calls
this technology advance: GreenCarbon Technology. By eliminating CO2 from
human-created sources, such as power plants and industrial factories,
the company's technology will help reduce the output of CO2 into
the atmosphere and help reduce global warming. Further, by transforming
harmful CO2 into useful carbon products, such as building materials, the
company's patent-pending technology will help create other
environmentally-friendly products and industries. Carbon Sciences, Inc.
50 Castillian Drive, Suite C Santa Barbara, CA 93117.
For more information, visit http://www.carbonsciences.com or call
805/690-9090.
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