Carbon sequestration
BP have pulled out of the innovative plant proposed for Peterhead, to store CO2 in subsea chambers.
Can I just point out that this is NOT carbon-free electricity, but merely the storage of the carbon generated. It is actually, "carbon-release deferred" electricity.
I still have my doubts about carbon sequestration as a policy.....
Can I just point out that this is NOT carbon-free electricity, but merely the storage of the carbon generated. It is actually, "carbon-release deferred" electricity.
I still have my doubts about carbon sequestration as a policy.....
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The whole point of carbon sequestration is that the carbon is stored indefinately ( oil, gas, coal) not release deferred and that is where the problems lie.
The problem with energy is that people want to make money out of it, energy production and security is far to important to be left to market forces. How can Scottish Electric or any power company that is responsible to it's shareholders be honest about asking it's customers to use less of their product.
Throughout history industry comes and goes. energy production as an industry belongs in the last century not this one.
Agree about making moeny out of essentials.
Is problem with sequestration not that the there is no actual reduction in CO2, and we are only hiding the issue?
Sequestration is technically possible, what is in doubt is the security of the long term storage. Nature stores carbon in a solid or liquid form wheras we would store it as a gas.The problem there is could we guarantee that there would be no leakage, earthquakes etc.
Carbon sequestration in it's present form is not an overall answer but could be a useful measure in the short term
At the end of the day though we are still using finite resources to generate electricity and not working to reduce energy consumption.
If we stored our rubbish in a big shed, instead of landfilling it, would that be sgudal sequestration?
Be skeptic.
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