The European Union is actively encouraging development of CCS or carbon capture and sequestration technologies. The goal is to find a way to strip CO2 emissions from energy production, especially coal-fired power plants, and safely sequester (bury) the stuff deep underground.
The EU ran a contest, with more than a quarter-million Euros up for grabs, looking for viable CCS technologies. Unfortunately none of the competitors met the requirements and no winner was declared.
Effective CCS options are considered a prerequisite for the future of coal energy, particularly Germany's reversion from nuclear to coal.
CCS is a pipe dream.
ReplyDeleteWell we'd better hope that CCS or some other carbon-stripping technology can be made to work and very soon.
ReplyDeleteWe are cutting down the only successful CCS systems at an accelerated rate.
ReplyDeleteTime to kick the fossil fuel habit now. And the withdrawal is going to be painful. But absolutely necessary if we want human civilisation to survive - at least this version of it.