Given the cost, risks, and lack of benefits, why is there lots of support for CCUS? Cheyenne perhaps suggests one answer. Cheyenne lies at the intersection of two major rail networks with associated long haul internet backbone fiber, two major interstate highways, and a satellite uplink/downlink and satellite flying operation. For these reasons, and its cheap local electrical energy, a number of social media, data centers and AI facilities want to locate there. However, the wokeness of these companies dictates that they use clean energy. Powerful business interests and state politicians see all this as economic opportunities.[3] In addition there are plans for building a green hydrogen hub and even trying direct air capture of CO2. Then, there are subsidies to harvest.
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February 10, 2025 at 04:07PM
Iowa Climate Science Education 