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		voidmain on June 8, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sucking carbon dioxide from air is cheaper than sc... I think they mean digging up coal and burying it in the ground again. Carbon captured, mission accomplished!

cobbzilla on June 8, 2018 [–]

The current spot price for a short ton of coal is $40 [1], if it stays this low for a while, and the subsidy is in fact above that price, then watch out for some "business model innovation" in this space.

[1] http://www.infomine.com/investment/metal-prices/coal/5-year/

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