CO2 storage

To counter todays problem with the enormous amount for CO2 emissions globally, a new idea has emerged to the light.

To stop the emissions from getting any larger and maybe even reduce it we find a way to catch the CO2 that is created during different combustions for example from furnaces in industries and then to store that CO2 deep in the ground.

This sounds like a great relief for this troubled global community, a gift from above. We can actually manage to reduce our input of carbondioxide into the air and stop the global warming that is threatening our world as we know it. Although the effects would not be noticed immediate since it will take time before the atmosphere has stabilized and the CO2 concentration is back to what it was before.

The problem is that with this idea, we might just be sweeping the problem under the carpet. We might believe that since the danger has passed we can continue to burn our fossilfuel and coal for energy, that we do not have to bother with finding new renewable energy. This also means we have to use a lot of money to capture the CO2 and then store it, and after storage, monitor the storage so it will not leak any CO2.

The money will probably be taken from the renewable energy research thus it will take longer for us to reach that point where we will have negligible CO2 emissions.

This idea holds very high interest for companies such as SHELL, Statoil, BP and others. They will probably even encourage consumers to drive more since "your carbon footprint is now zero".

And another problem is that its not only CO2 that is the villain in the global warming drama. Other gases like methane and halocarbons needs to be reduced dramatically.

But I have to agree this sounds like wonderful relief, although we need to be careful to not be reckless and think the problem is solved, it would only have been delayed.

But maybe that is what we need. Some time to solve all of the problems we are facing right now. We just have to make sure that we do something of worth during that time we are given.