Yesterday over four million people, on seven continents, in over 150 countries, took to the streets for a youth-led global climate strike. Next week world leaders are meeting at the United Nations headquarters for a big climate summit, and the strike is one way activists hope to put pressure on countries to make big environmental commitments.
On the CCS thing, your article seems way overoptimistic about the prospects for major CO2 reductions from this technology. The economics stink right now (as you point out), and there are major questions about technological feasibility, as well as unintended consequences like leakages and earthquakes that could thwart any potential emissions reductions.
Capturing carbon, and a huge week for strikes
On the CCS thing, your article seems way overoptimistic about the prospects for major CO2 reductions from this technology. The economics stink right now (as you point out), and there are major questions about technological feasibility, as well as unintended consequences like leakages and earthquakes that could thwart any potential emissions reductions.
(see https://theyearsproject.com/ask-joe/carbon-capture-storage-role-can-play/).
Has there been any progress on any of the issues mentioned in the above "explainer" (which seems to be about 5 yrs old)?