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CCS – between a rock and a hard place?
Author(s) -
Chadwick Andrew
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
greenhouse gases: science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.45
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 2152-3878
DOI - 10.1002/ghg.20
Subject(s) - carbon capture and storage (timeline) , work (physics) , investment (military) , scale (ratio) , public investment , business , natural resource economics , political science , engineering , economics , geology , law , geography , climate change , economic policy , cartography , oceanography , mechanical engineering , politics , european union
For the past decade and a half, CO 2 has been stored underground successfully, and scientists are becoming increasingly confident that carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) can work at the required scale. But many people are still not convinced about its viability and are worried about costs. Andrew Chadwick , Consultant Editor, considers what needs to be done to reassure the public and the investment community