What is the current status of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the U.S.?

A) The rejection of Yucca Mountain as a carbon storage site has resulted in coal power plants storing carbon on-site until a permanent storage location can be approved.
B) Technologies are not sufficiently reliable, and it is currently too energetically expensive for coal power plants to capture and store their carbon emissions.
C) Many coal power plants are currently voluntarily retrofitting their systems to capture carbon emissions.
D) Carbon is now captured and converted to plastics at most coal power plants in the U.S.
E) The U.S. government is currently requiring all coal power plants to institute carbon capture and storage technologies by the year 2025.


Answer: B

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