Former Australian Prime Minister Turnbull says 'clean coal' is a scam

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The idea of carbon capture and storage 'simply doesn't work,' claims former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

The concept of "clean coal" is a scam, according to former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull., Turnbull said the idea of carbon capture and storage "simply doesn't work" despite years of investments.

Reflecting on his time as environment minister under former Australian Prime Minister John Howard in 2007, Turnbull said there was "quite a bit of optimism" surrounding the idea, with billions being poured into it.CEO, CLP Group "It's a scam in this sense that the fossil fuel sector talk about clean coal, and they talk about carbon capture and storage as a means of not doing what we need to do, which is stop burning fossil fuels," Turnbull said. "I can say this as somebody who thought it had great prospect, you know, 15 years or so ago. But it failed, and we should work on the technologies that do work.

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