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Old 03-16-2017, 01:47 PM   #111 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by rmay635703 View Post
Compressed co2 has many uses, should just sell it to weld shops, science experiments, food industry and BB gun makers...
The amount used for all those things is a miniscule fraction of the amount produced by a single coal-fired power plant.

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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
CO2 works much better than water for oil recovery. Then when the oil runs out the CO2 stays in the ground.
Except that it doesn't stay in the ground very long. And meanwhile the fracking causes earthquakes, disrupts water tables, and produces more cheap(er) oil which again distracts from doing anything about the real problems.

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