Obama investing $3.4 billion to fund continued research on clean coal projects?

It creates jobs, unfortunately, dead end jobs

back in the 1800's a newspaper predicted that flying machines were as likely to happen as a man walking on the moon. the point being most inventions were derided by people at some point. the fact is america has abundant and cheap supplies of coal. if someone can figure out how to burn it cleanly it will go a long way towards reducing our dependence on foreign sources of oil. as far as the people who say it cant be done, this is america dammit, whos says it CANT be done. innovation is what made this country great and it seems like people have forgot that. as far as the benefits, this country was built on cheap energy, and how many jobs would be created building and maintaining coal plants, mining coal, keeping all that money in this country, etc. sure their are concerns about nature, but the alternative is $8 a gallon gas, what would that do for jobs? their are other ways to provide power, but most of them are just as far back as clean coal in the race, and arent a sure thing like coal is(clean or not). at this point none of them provide enough real power, and wont anytime soon(or ever), or have even worse problems, like corn biofuel, what will happen when all that fertilizer and pesticide from those massive corn crops hits the lower missisippi and the gulf of mexico? and it isnt really any cleaner than gas pollution wise. i guess you could say basically that yes, i believe it is worth the investment to try, as its worth trying lots of things, because that is what it will take, along with people helping by lowering their energy consumption.

They don't clean the coal. They have precips that clean the smoke from the coal. I am sure I did not spell that correct but am tired of this nonsense of clean coal. These scubbers are in the towers that rise about the coal fired power plants. Detroit Edison at their Monroe, MI plant does a very good job. Would be nice if the media knew what it was talking about.

I don't get it.

What's wrong with the possibility of healthy cigarrettes?

Yes, technically it's an oxymoron, but if it was possible, why not? you aren't considering that

I think the clean coal initiative is very good, because he's funding projects that will help the united states develop a alternate, renewable source of energy. however, he is still practical and trying to come up with an immediate solution that can be used sooner

I don't see the problem

Unfortunately, there is a lot of incentive for people to pursue fossil fuels as an energy source. This is because fossil fuels are becoming harder to acquire as they are drained out of the natural environment, so the companies that extract and sell them will be able to do so at higher prices and achieve a higher profit margin. On the other hand, technologies such as nuclear, solar and geothermal power do not have this kind of limitation, and will only become cheaper in the future, which means there is less incentive for corporations that want money to pursue them. Since the american government is in the payroll of the corporations, they naturally support continuing to use fossil fuels.

No. Clean coal technology is a promising branch of engineering that allows for the production of an efficient (30-35%) amount of energy from coal while re-using the emissions.

See here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_coal_technology

You people seem so short sighted it's ridiculous. Do you ever think of anything more than 2-3 weeks out? Have you ever heard of long term planning? Have you ever considered that things worth doing take time and might not show immediate benefits? If something doesn't result in an immediate tax cut, do you think it's not worth doing? No wonder you lost the last several elections, you have absolutely zero vision for how this country should be run, you just react, but you never act.

Yeah, his so called "clean coal" projects are a joke. All the "research" will do is demonize the coal industry further. Obama said he will bankrupt the coal industry.

That's all these libs. Even though we have no solid alternative energy solutions, let's just do away with the things we use now like coal and oil.

Libs are dumb.

That's politics. It's probably not possible to go with 100% clean renewable energy when we don't have the capability right now. We have to take steps to get there. This is one of those steps, although I think it's too much money.

additive free cigarettes still cause cancer, fyi

It's called buying the votes of W.Va and PA Democrat Senators and Reps whose support he will need to overcome the GOP's opposition to "cap and trade."

If you take out all the preservatives from ciggs they are much healthier.

Sorry to burst your bubble.

And it does create jobs. I find it laughable what you guys complain about these days. Whats next? The sun comes up too early on Tuesdays?