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As we've many times documented, and as seen for just two examples in our reports of:
West Virginia Coal Association | Exxon 1982 CoalTL Uses WVU CoalTL Hydrogen Donor Solvent | Research & Development; concerning: "United States Patent 4,345,989 - Catalytic Hydrogen-donor Liquefaction Process; 1982; Exxon Research and Engineering Company; Coal ... is converted into ... liquid hydrocarbons by contacting the feed material with a hydrogen-donor solvent ... and molecular hydrogen"; and
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United States Patent Application: 0030206843
There is, actually, a lot "going on" in the US EPA-sponsored technical development for capturing and sequestering Mercury in the emissions of Coal-fired power plants.
And, there will be a lot "going on" in our presentation, herein, of the issue.
First of all, whether we like it or not, current and pending laws do or will require that Coal-fired power generating stations have or install some form of Mercury emission control within the next decade.
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We will begin in this dispatch to attempt redress of an omission in our reportage, an omission which we believe to have been caused by our now long-ago computer meltdown and, despite the, to us, miraculous and magical work of the esteem-worthy Geek Squad(r), the subsequent loss of some electronic files.
First, we remind you of one report we made concerning the Carbon Dioxide recycling achievements of the giant, Switzerland-based, Swedish-Swiss energy and automation conglomerate, ABB, as accessible via:
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http://www.epa.gov/wastes/
We've made numerous reports concerning the use of Coal-fired power plant Fly Ash as a fine aggregate for various composite materials, most especially Portland Cement Concrete.
One of our favorites is that accessible on the West Virginia Coal Association web site, via:
US EPA Headquarters Housed in Coal Ash | Research & Development; which concerns, in part, the use of Coal Ash as an aggregate for Portland Cement Concrete, and, wherein we learn that Fly Ash has been used for such purposes "in several construction projects and prominent buildings, including the Ronald Reagan Government Office building, home to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C.".
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We have already documented for you, via a number of reports, the rather immense potentials that exist, and which are being further developed by various entities, including our own US Government, for utilizing Algae in controlled environments to recycle, and to convert into a number of crucial and needed materials, that boogeyman of the global warming scare mongers: Carbon Dioxide.
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