carbon sequestration....an infant technology....will it work?



http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-sci-northsea3sep03,1,7668186,full.story
"With more than 3.5 million oil wells drilled in the U.S. since petroleum
exploration began in earnest 150 years ago, there is no shortage of
potential leaks.

Experts also worry how so much carbon dioxide will alter the chemistry of
the storage formations themselves. Bubbles composed of millions of tons of
sequestered CO2 could form an acid that could etch away the confining
rocks or erode the concrete caps on well heads."
.....

"This is the only way for the fossil fuel industries to survive - to
become part of the solution," said Fjaeran of Statoil.

Statoil and Royal Dutch Shell announced a proposal in March for a
$1.4-billion, 860-megawatt power plant that involves one of the world's
largest carbon-capture and storage operations. Almost half of the
project's cost stems from its carbon storage plan, but the companies will
use the excess CO2 to boost production of even more oil and natural gas
from their depleted fields."


related data...
http://www.abelard.org/briefings/fossil_fuel_replacements.htm

yak note...please insert in clean up coal section

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