Quote Originally Posted by Lee View Post
Unfortunately though, what they would have to use to 'power' the washing of the coal and resulting gases would have to be...

1) Dirty coal - As in, coal that hasnt been washed yet.
2) Gasoline - Which is going to emit polutants in to the atmosphere.

There is no such thing as 'clean coal' because to produce clean coal, you need to burn something that is going to emit polutants, therefore it makes the whole point of making the coal 'clean' moot.

Regards,

Lee
But wouldn't the entire process greatly reduce the amount of pollutants from the air?