Election Day and Clean Coal Technology

Today is primary day in Virginia and we have two out of three Democratic candidates supporting the development of clean coal technology. I’m not making a judgment on their endorsements, but found it interesting that this topic has reared its head in state-level politics as much as it did in the Presidential campaigns of 2009. With the new influx of $3.4 billion federal taxpayer stimulus dollars, there is no end in sight for this topic. The allocated federal stimulus money will focus on carbon capture and sequestration, otherwise known as carbon storage.

So for now, this voter, homeowner and average citizen has to figure out which candidate is likely to build the best energy mix for Virginia, if the coalition majority has any ground to stand on and if coal technology is really an oxymoron, a myth or eventually a reality.