"So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted."  Barack Obama, 2008."CCS [clean coal] technologies offer more potential to reduce CO2 emissions than efficiency improvements alone but could raise electricity costs, increase demand for water, and could affect the ability of individual plants to operate reliably." GAO, June 2010. (Read Full Post)