Pipeline threats

MACOMB, IL -- The proposed CO2 pipeline for several western Illinois counties is a terrible idea.  Building it puts more pollutants into the environment than it would capture, according to Food and Water Watch. 

It's failed elsewhere, and even worse: "Running a carbon capture system is incredibly energy-intensive — it essentially requires building a new power plant to run the system, which would create another new source of air and carbon pollution. That undermines the whole goal of capturing carbon in the first place. While our country emits roughly 5 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere every year, removing 1 billion tons of that through direct air capture would require nearly the entire electricity output of the United States."

That's enough -- just say 'no.'

 -- Elaine Hopkins