The future looks a little brighter for one of the world's most ambitious carbon capture projects - so long as its backers can avoid more embarrassing arithmetic blunders.rnThe $1.8 billion US-led FutureGen project was supposed to demonstrate the capture and storage of carbon dioxide from a coal power plant. But last year the US Department of Energy (DOE) cancelled its commitment to the project, citing spiralling costs.rnNow that decision may be reconsidered. A report by the Government Accountability Office says the apparent cost increase was mostly due to a misleading comparison between old and new budget numbers that treated inflation differently.rnA Congressional committee was scheduled to hear from Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Tuesday to find out how the DOE plans to spend the billions of dollars in economic stimulus money it has received, some of which could be used to restore FutureGen.
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