clearing the smokescreen
May 13th 2008 01:05
Greenpeace has released an excellent in depth report on why carbon Capture and Storage will not save the Climate.
The link to the full report is HERE It is worth reading just the first few pages to familiarize yourself with the issue as it is going to be hotly debated over the next few years.
The reason's why Greenpeace say it isn't the solution are summarized as follows:
1) CCS is highly speculative, risky and unlikely to be technically feasible.
2) even if it become technically feasible it is unlikely to be ready until at least 2030, the world needs to reduce emissions today as we have already well and truly surpassed the crisis point of 550 parts per million according to the UN.
3) It could potentially worsen water shortages.
4) it results in a reduction in power efficiency of between 10 and 40% (this means we need to dig out more coal to achieve the same base loads)
5) Potential to increase power costs by between 21 and 90%!!!!
6) storing carbon underground is risky, we do not know what the implications of leakage would be, the potential damage to the environment long term is unknown: risks include, pollution of drinking water, damage to marine life if stored in the ocean, negative health effects, to name a few.
7) Liability risks, no-one wants to foot the bill for the above risks, power stations will on-sell the ownership of the CCS systems, it is unlikely we will have recourse if risks unfold.
8) THE WORLD ALREADY HAS THE SOLUTION - IN RENEWABLE ENERGY, the huge costs involved in researching CCS is diverting resources from the solutions we already have.
We all know Greenpeace can be a little out there but this is a fantastic report, it is well researched and presents a balanced argument.
The cat is certainly amongst the pigeons now.
Cheers
Louie
The link to the full report is HERE It is worth reading just the first few pages to familiarize yourself with the issue as it is going to be hotly debated over the next few years.
The reason's why Greenpeace say it isn't the solution are summarized as follows:
1) CCS is highly speculative, risky and unlikely to be technically feasible.
2) even if it become technically feasible it is unlikely to be ready until at least 2030, the world needs to reduce emissions today as we have already well and truly surpassed the crisis point of 550 parts per million according to the UN.
4) it results in a reduction in power efficiency of between 10 and 40% (this means we need to dig out more coal to achieve the same base loads)
5) Potential to increase power costs by between 21 and 90%!!!!
6) storing carbon underground is risky, we do not know what the implications of leakage would be, the potential damage to the environment long term is unknown: risks include, pollution of drinking water, damage to marine life if stored in the ocean, negative health effects, to name a few.
7) Liability risks, no-one wants to foot the bill for the above risks, power stations will on-sell the ownership of the CCS systems, it is unlikely we will have recourse if risks unfold.
8) THE WORLD ALREADY HAS THE SOLUTION - IN RENEWABLE ENERGY, the huge costs involved in researching CCS is diverting resources from the solutions we already have.
We all know Greenpeace can be a little out there but this is a fantastic report, it is well researched and presents a balanced argument.
The cat is certainly amongst the pigeons now.
Cheers
Louie
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