Carbon capture and storage is being promoted as a way for electric utilities to cut their carbon emissions without shutting down existing coal and natural gas plants, and fossil fuel companies are using it to appear “green” and use far more of their products.

They make it sound like a win-win: Keep the grid stable while lowering necessary circle-of-life carbon dioxide. It’s a win-win for utilities and fossil fuel companies and a lose-lose for families and businesses. Adding carbon capture to electric utilities is a costly, inefficient, unnecessary, and harmful solution — especially for electricity users and industry.