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WIRED April 2014 - Coal: It’s Dangerous, It’s Dirty, and It’s the Future of Clean Energy

Solar, wind, and nuclear don’t make climate change worse, but they don’t meet the world’s energy needs. What can? Coal, and in the April issue Charles C. Mann writes about cleaning up the dirty, cheap fuel. Also this month: keeping your garden green, how mobile messaging captured our kids (and $19 billion from Facebook), and Mike Judge takes on Silicon Valley.

Released on 03/21/2014

Transcript

[Voiceover] Renewables are great but right now

they can't meet the worlds energy needs

even though coal is filthy and dangerous

we can't give it up.

One possibility for cleaner coal, carbon capture

and storage technology.

It's a process that would separate the carbon dioxide out

of coal emissions and send it underground for centuries.

The problem is CCS is volatile, largely untested

and extremely expensive but our future depends

on solving it.

(upbeat drumming)

Director: Editor in Chief - Scott Dadich, Creative Director - Billy Sorrentino