This is by far the dumbest thing I have ever heard since... today. The companies that have dominated your lives by impeding the natural progression of scientific advancement throughout the years, while forcing you to burn up your credit on that which veils your multicellular nature are now dodging any responsibility for the consequences by being subsidized by you; the alienated fucktard, so to perpetuate this criminal model of development well into the future that awaits only rich people.

Instead of paying down a chunk of everyones student loan, or using that money to fund developing countries, maybe even healthcare, or perhaps even researching ALTERNATIVE sources of energy we are INSTEAD going to give it to these criminals all under the sacred guise of healing the earth... Please wake up now.

Or (DING DING DING!!!) just keep on thinking that someone up there gives a shit about YOU, and that


From the Leader Post
Shell gets $865M for carbon capture    
By Dave Cooper and Lisa Schmidt, Canwest News Service
October 8, 2009   

Shell Canada was first out of the gate in the carbon-capture effort Thursday, winning pledges of $865 million in aid from the federal and Alberta governments for its Quest pilot project.

The funding would cover nearly two-thirds of the project's estimated $1.35-billion cost, which critics called a subsidy for one of the world's largest energy companies.

But Alberta Energy Minister Mel Knight defended the expense on Thursday, saying government must play a role in helping develop the technology.

"We will not drive the cost of CCS (carbon-capture-and-storage) or any other carbon mitigation down without pursuing some of this technology," he said at a news conference.

"We realize at this point it's expensive. . . . We believe that these types of projects will drive the cost down and make this thing economic."

Alberta has signed a letter of intent to provide $745 million in funding for the Quest CCS project over the next 15 years. Ottawa is also contributing $120 million toward the project through its Clean Energy Fund.

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