https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤓" title="Nerd-Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Nerd-Gesicht"> carbon capture & storage has been given a bad rap.

yes, we& #39;ve wasted $billions trying to graft it on to coal — we absolutely need to give up on that — but it& #39;s likely we& #39;ll eventually need the technology.

firstly… #CCS+coal:
[each of these projects uses/used/was going to use the captured CO₂ for "enhanced oil recovery". ie, using CO₂ to make more CO₂… which would be a bit like the fire brigade knowingly hiring arsonists.]
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇦🇺" title="Flagge von Australien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Australien"> we had a go building a #CCS+coal power station in QLD.

the "ZeroGen" project spent $188m in gov& #39;t grants before being abandoned as they realised $1.7bn for a 390MW plant was ridiculous.

living up to its name, ZeroGen generated zero energy & sequestered zero tonnes of COâ‚‚.
there& #39;s a lot of debate about whether #CCS+coal works.

there& #39;s *no* doubt _technical_ feasibility has been demonstrated in 2 small (and several tiny) projects, with some failures.

however also *no* doubt that it& #39;s utterly uneconomic.
i& #39;m so confident that #CCS+coal will remain a dud that i& #39;ve offered this bet:

(no takers)

https://longbets.org/837/ ">https://longbets.org/837/"...
…but don& #39;t be down on #CCS as a technology!

@Chevron is using it to capture "up to" 4 mtCO₂ from one of their LNG plants — just 40% of #gorgon& #39;s emissions. took 3 years, finally working.

we should require *every* LNG project in australia to sequester *all* of their emissions.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten">this australian technology provides a pathway to decarbonising cement manufacture using #CCS.

lured to europe thanks to a €12m grant + carbon price, right around time @HonTonyAbbott ripped half a $billion from ARENA and killed our carbon price. https://twitter.com/simonahac/status/1201835260352221185?s=20">https://twitter.com/simonahac...
…and there are other industrial products that might benefit from similar tech.

…and #CCS+bioenergy (if done responsibly) provides a credible path to actually pulling CO₂ out of the atmosphere.
this from @albericie: https://twitter.com/albericie/status/1307556393075929088">https://twitter.com/albericie...
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