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Locking CO2 Away For Good
HobbySpacer writes: "The BBC
reports that waste CO2 from methane extraction in the North Sea has been succesfully
pumped back into the pourous sandstone beneath the ocean for the past 6 years without any
signs of leaking.
Carbon sequestration techniques like this are looking increasingly
practical. CO2 is being pumped
back into
depleted oil fields, where it also helps extract remaining oil deposits, and into
coalseams.
The ocean is the biggest natural bank of CO2 but tests of
ocean
sequestration in Hawaii and Norway have been blocked by environmentalists who hate this
kind of quick fix approach to the CO2 problem. But with developing countries like India and China certain to rely on their large coal reserves,
sequestration may be the only realistic approach to reducing their CO2 output.
An
Economist article discusses currently available steam reformation technology that could allow
a coal plant to output power and neatly separated CO2 and hydrogen. The non-polluting hydrogen is
then available for cars with fuel cells while the CO2 is stuffed away."
How long before environmentalists ban carbonated beverages? OMG I am breathing out CO2!! Must... stop... breathing.
We might be better off getting rid of all the case-modders using dry ice to cool their mobos! Liquid Nitrogen is sooooo much more environmental conscious!
I wonder why countries like USA worry about CO2 emission and do not sign the related treaty, i.e. Kyoto protocol...
Probably for the same reason that I support a number of good causes, but haven't signed a contract with United Way to do so. For that matter, it's probably for the same reason we declared independence in the first place.
If that doesn't make sense to you, how about this: I'll send you my address, and you can mail me US$100 each month. I'll make sure that at least 70% of it goes toward environmental improvement. What, you won't do it? What are you, an anti-environmentalist? Oh, you're going to go it alone, eh? What are you, an anti-globalist?
And why are we even worried about CO2 when Dihydrogen Monoxide is everywhere?