Cement from CO2: A Concrete Cure for Global Warming? [News]

Thursday, August 7, 2008 - 05:28 in Earth & Climate

The turbines at Moss Landing power plant on the California coast burn through natural gas to pump out more than 1,000 megawatts of electric power. The 700-degree Fahrenheit (370-degree Celsius) fumes left over contain at least 30,000 parts per million of carbon dioxide (CO2)--the primary greenhouse gas responsible for global warming--along with other pollutants. [More]

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