A project to store carbon dioxide underground near Rock Springs has some Wyoming state lawmakers questioning the steep cost of buying the greenhouse gas. Those in favor want to come up with a way to store the gas in case the coal industry is barred from releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. However, right now, the gas actually has value because it's used to reac hard-to-extract oil. Project Director Rob Hurless says the gas could cost 750 million dollars. Senator Eli Bebout (bee-bout) says the project doesn't make sense to pay a premium for carbon dioxide now for something that may not be used for a while.
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