Long-Term Carbon Storage

zebadee writes "The UK has given £25 million ($45 million) in funding toward storing CO2 under the North Sea. The article at the BBC has a discussion on how this will be achieved. Basically gases produced at the power station will be pumped into old oil and gas fields for long-term storage. This has the added effect of pressurising the wells, allowing better recovery of the contents."

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Tonic

[pyrrhonist]

The UK has given £25 million ($45 million) in funding toward storing CO2 under the North Sea

An additional £25 million ($45 million) in funding will go toward adding the obligatory gin.

Re:A dangerous idea

[Curmudgeonlyoldbloke]

Indeed it is, what with the North Sea been one of the most heavily populated areas of Europe, and one of the most seismically active.