CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE HAS POTENTIAL TO BE MAJOR GLOBAL EMISSIONS MARKET PLAYER
April 1st, 2007
BY ANDREW CAVETHE THOUGHT of burying millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide underground is not for the risk-averse. If carbon dioxide is injected into pores in the earth's crust that previously held oil and gas for thousands of years, will it stay there as long? What happens if it doesn't? Is it worth it?Maybe, these are all reasons why governments have been slow to commit significant funds to carbon capture and sequestration projects, despite the potential benefits in cutting CO2 emissions. And it certainly explains why pilot programmes are diligently sinking ...
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