Ain’t no hole big enough to hide our sins forever (not enough holes, either)
A coal-fired plant in Germany is being heralded as being the first to employ ‘clean technology’ to dispose of its carbon emissions. All CO2 produced by the plant’s burning of coal will be separated, squashed to one 500th of its original volume and squeezed into a cylinder ready to be transported to a gas field and forced 1,000m below the surface into porous rock where it should—note that word, and the lack of certainty it conveys—stay until long after mankind has stopped worrying about climate change. Because we’ll either be long gone, or will have switched over to using non-polluting energy.
tags: carbon sequestration, CCS, CO2 emissions, coal, fossil fuels, landfill, methane, nuclear waste, pollution, sustainability, wasteYou can’t have it both ways, Mr Brown
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown will give his first major speech on the environment today. He will say action on climate change is urgent, and new green industries could create thousands of jobs. Yet plans for a third runway at Heathrow continue to move ahead despite protests by local people and environmental activists.
The prime minister is also expected to say that developed countries must lead the way in cutting carbon emissions. We’ve heard this before of course, and talk is cheap (although talking and breathing both produce CO2, making it possible to argue that if the PM is not going to make things better by opening his mouth, he should keep it shut).
tags: air travel, carbon, environment, global warming, landfill, politics
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