Barrasso: Finding Cleaner Ways to Use Coal; Best Way to Cut Greenhouse Gases
U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., says his efforts to pass carbon capture legislation are all part of a plan to make energy as clean as possible, as fast as possible and as cheap as possible.
From Gillette News-Record …
Barrasso believes that finding cleaner ways to use coal is one of the most viable methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while still meeting the energy demands that continue to grow around the world.
“We need the renewables,” Barrasso told The News-Record on Saturday. “But (renewable energy development) is not keeping up with the overall demand for energy.”
There are a few factors restricting development of green energy in the West. The most important is the lack of transmission lines to ship the power from where the wind is to where the people are. Barrasso also has been working on the problem of how to build the required lines without invoking eminent domain across every piece of private land in the state.
“The debate going on is over transmission lines. I argue that they should use public lands,” Barrasso said.
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