Illinois: diggin a grave for carbon
When in doubt -- dig a hole and bury it underground. That's what food processor giant, Archer Daniels Midland, plans on doing with its carbon emissions from now on. As the nation's 2nd largest producer of ethanol, ADM has decided to try to bury the carbon produced from fermenting their corn-based biofuel -- which would make it a doubly green alternative fuel. nice."Carbon sequestration," as they are calling it, is a new and experimental technology. To tell you the truth, they don't really know how well it will work -- especially since this is the first attempt at carbon sequestration in the US.
So far, the plan is to drill a giant 6,500 foot well down into the sandstone under Decatur, and then start injecting the gases into the porous rock in 2009. If it works, this could be a major breakthrough for heavily polluting industries like coal burning plants.
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