New Study Shoots Down Exxon-Massey's Pipedream of Carbon Sequestration

Mon, 2010-04-26 10:01Ross Gelbspan

New Study Shoots Down Exxon-Massey's Pipedream of Carbon Sequestration

A new research paper from American academics is threatening to blow a hole in growing political support for carbon capture and storage as a weapon in the fight against global warming. The document from Houston University claims that governments wanting to use CCS have overestimated its value and says it would take a reservoir the size of a small US state to hold the CO2 produced by one power station.

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Pipe dream indeed

Sat, 2010-05-01 11:01 — Affiliate.Guidebook

Sometimes it seems that people are so engrossed in finding ANY possible means to help them get out of a bind that they shut off their brains and ignore common sense. This seems to be the case with Exxon et. al. in this situation.

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New Study Shoots Down Exxon-Massey's Pipedream of Carbon Sequestration