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This Month's Discussion
If adoption of Carbon Capture and Storage is urgent, then why isn't it happening faster?
10 Comments from our contributors
If adoption of Carbon Capture and Storage is urgent, then why isn't it happening faster?
Rianne C. ten Veen
Founder
Green Creation
It is not happening faster because it would highlight how much of it we produce, how addicted we are to fossil fuels and in a world where of 100 biggest economic entities on the planet more than half are companies not countries; and of 10 largest companies, 7 sell oil/ gas or cars (biggest company having turnover size of GDP ... Read more | Leave a comment
Posted on: 1st September 2010
Bernard Gore
Senior Project Manager
Objective Corporation
Simple. It costs. A lot. No-one can agree who should bear this cost. And at the moment no-one has much money to invest in this. And the climate change deniers are winning the public opinion battle through their lies and the public's reticence to accept responsibility, so the groundswell for such action is faltering, and no government is going to ... Read more | Leave a comment
Posted on: 1st September 2010
Ray Miller
Superintendant of Utilities
University of Cincinnati
The reasons for little progress for CCS are legion. Exceedingly expensive, unverified technology, massive energy consumption for the process, no value added to the process without severe carbon tax penalties, etc. A recent study here in the midwest for a first installation on an existing 600 MW coal plant would require 200 MW of the plant's power to liquify and ... Read more | Leave a comment
Posted on: 1st September 2010
Nikolaos Koukouzas
Senior Researcher
Centre for Research & Technology Hellas/ Institute for Solid Fuels Technology & Applications
The reasons for the delay in the implementation of CCS technologies are: a) high cost, b) political priorities to promote Renewable Energy Sources (RES), and c) difficulties in CCS adoption by third countries. Read more | Leave a comment
Posted on: 1st September 2010