Personally, I'm fairly skeptical of CCS as a solution that can address CO2 levels at anywhere near the scale needed for the climate crisis. It's a tool in the toolbox for sure, but it's definitely not an excuse for business as usual or an alternative to eliminating fossil fuel development. That said, there's some interesting research on carbon sequestration in mine tailings that the University of BC has been working on. https://brimm.ubc.ca/projects/carbon-sequestration/
Hi Gareth. Good points. CCS most definitely is not an excuse for business as usual. In an ideal world, we would simply stop producing GHGs. But our energy grid is so dependent on fossil fuels, it will take decades to get to the ideal of zero-GHG-production. In the meantime, I believe we need to find ways to deal with the GHGs that will continue to be produced.
Personally, I'm fairly skeptical of CCS as a solution that can address CO2 levels at anywhere near the scale needed for the climate crisis. It's a tool in the toolbox for sure, but it's definitely not an excuse for business as usual or an alternative to eliminating fossil fuel development. That said, there's some interesting research on carbon sequestration in mine tailings that the University of BC has been working on. https://brimm.ubc.ca/projects/carbon-sequestration/
Hi Gareth. Good points. CCS most definitely is not an excuse for business as usual. In an ideal world, we would simply stop producing GHGs. But our energy grid is so dependent on fossil fuels, it will take decades to get to the ideal of zero-GHG-production. In the meantime, I believe we need to find ways to deal with the GHGs that will continue to be produced.