Carbon Capture: Bright Promise Or Senseless Boondoggle?
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 15:15:14 +0000
Carbon capture has a powerful allure. The Earth is overheating because there is too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. So why not suck out the excess, then store it in holes deep underground — there are thousands upon thousands of old oil and gas wells just waiting for some useful purpose to come along — or use it to make biofuel, fertilizer, medicine, and biodegradable plastics? It sounds like the ideal solution to a problem that affects us all