1. Clean Coal Clean Coal... Presentation by:
Dian McKinney, Julian Maffei, Ryan Smith, Adrian Thomas, Kaylee Caprari

2. What is “Clean Coal”? It is not clean what so ever
Out of all fossil fuels it is the dirtiest
Pollution to our water and air
If you thought coal was on its way out, think again

3. Can we make Coal Better?
Coal can never truly be clean, but can it be clean enough for us
A single plant burns 1.4 Tons of coal each year
The Department of Energy has R&D on clean coal
Advanced power generation and carbon capture are part of the list of technology being perfected

4. Economics of Clean Coal
King Coal
“Are Clean Coal Technologies an economically efficient means of Carbon Emissions reduction?”
ExxonMobil
CCS, the possible solution to a huge problem.
Coal Plants with CCS
Down sides of CC use

6. Social Aspect of “Clean Coal”
The new problem is that the U.S, has too much energy, not too little
We have coal, natural gas, and oil reserves that could last hundreds of years at modest cost
This is thanks to new extraction technologies such as fracking, with horizontal drilling
America would seem to need a new national energy policy to face the risk of increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in the air bringing global environment change
President Obama has taken a handful of steps but still nothing has been done with limiting environmental harm

7. Political Perspectives on Clean Coal
Democrats:
Coal & our environment is a priority
Transition to wind, solar, and natural gas energy
Decline in coal production
Hillary Clinton’s take:
“We can be the 21st century clean energy superpower.” --2nd Debate
Creating jobs based on clean and renewable energy.
Republicans:
Money required to switch to nonrenewable sources of energy
Low price of coal--abundant
“Donald Trump Digs Coal”
Economy
Jobs
2nd debate
“The EPA is putting these energy companies out of business.”
Is it worth switching to other sources of energy?
“There is a thing called clean coal.”

8. Politics are complicated… so is the topic of clean coal.

9. The Science of “Clean Coal”
Traditional power plants only use ⅓ of the energy available from standard coal, but gasified coal uses 50% or more of the total energy
Uses less coal
Produces gasses that can be utilized in other means such as sulfur and hydrogen

10. International Politics
Many countries have decided to phase out coal fired power plants
Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland
Russian State power company Inter-Rao has shown interest in clean coal, but the government has not shown major interest

11. International Politics
While it is being phased out in many parts of the world, coal production is being increased in many parts of asia
33% increase by 2040
China is currently the world’s leading producer of coal

12. Conclusion Clean Coal can never truly be clean, but…
Politics are complicated, and “clean coal” is even more complicated…
Same conclusions for social aspects-- torn perspectives

13. Works Cited