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has a pilot plant at MIT (they used flue gas from the campus heating plant), and they were actually measuring CO2 capture rates of between 40% and 80%.
These are very valid concerns however - until we know how well this scales up to a full power plant, there is too much guesswork and uncertainty.

by ericy on Mon May 30, 2005 at 05:27:24 PM PDT

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  between % of CO2 captured, and rate of algea growth. Too many variables to project where on that curve the economics are optimized.
  
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  by ben masel on Mon May 30, 2005 at 05:43:34 PM PDT
  
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    Supposedly they are doing field trials this year at actual power plants - the idea being that they want to get a better hand on how well some of this stuff scales.
    
    by ericy on Mon May 30, 2005 at 05:55:53 PM PDT
    
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