Out of one side of its mouth, ExxonMobil is all about the extraordinary role its playing in the development of alternative fuels and CCS (carbon capture and sequestration). Out of the other side is the meme here, about which they …
Tag: carbon capture and sequestration
Fossil Fuel Companies Have a Hot New PR Message
The marketing and PR tactics of Big Oil have changed over the past few years, at least according to the author of the article linked above. For one, no more climate denial. The world is now living with the effects …
Carbon Removal Strategies
As GreenTechMedia reports, carbon capture and sequestration is a subject of growing interest. There are two main classes of ideas surrounding CCS: those that address point sources of CO2, e.g., concrete manufacturing facilities and fossil fuel power plants, and those that …
In This Month’s Scientific American: "The Carbon Capture Fallacy"
I don’t yet have access to the full version of the article whose “teasers” are here, but I infer from its title that its reasoning is consistent with the position that Scientific American has taken on CCS (carbon capture and …
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Note on Carbon Capture and Sequestration
A. J. Shaka, professor of Chemistry at the University of California at Irvine writes: I dislike CCS (carbon capture and sequestration) because, to me, it seems like a bait and switch to rationalize continued use of fossil fuels. I’m with …
Outrageous Energy Sources of the Future
Every week or so, someone sends me an article from a popular magazine that covers futuristic sources of energy. I’d sound rather like the Grinch if I said I objected to publications like this, though I have to confess that …
Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Here’s an article from Smart Planet on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) that brought a few basic ideas into alignment for me. There may be more scholarly treatments of the subject out there, but the author’s central point is one …
Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)
Here’s a post I wrote on carbon capture and sequestration that I put on Renewable Energy World. I note that even the sites that cover the traditional energy markets — like Energy Central – are coming down hard on the …
