These just move the exhaust from the tailpipe to the smoke stack of the coal fired plant.
Originally Posted by
fuzz2050
Not that getting the emissions out of the population centers isn't benefit enough, but it's also a lot easier to fix a single scrubber to a coal plant to reduce NOX than a thousand to cars.
Plus, you are helping to create support for a new distribution system, one that can be switched over to electricity generated from cleaner options, like solar, wind, biomass or burning human flesh.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^What he said. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If you live in California, moving emissions to a central point where
they can be scrubbed is a huge step forward. You'd realize this
if you lived in the Central Valley or in L.A.
And if we ever pull our heads out of our asses here with regard
to energy conservation and use, we are ideally suited in my state
to generate electricity in cleaner and renewable ways. We have
inherited a huge hydroelectric system here, and if we were able to
use power more rationally (large if), it would go a long way.