Why
introduce yet another expensive, energy-intensive and risky technology if there
are so many other and better ways of fighting global warming?
Capturing
CO2 from the smokestacks of power stations with the intention of
storing it in
underground reservoirs, oceans, rocks, consumer products, chemicals or fuels has gained a
lot of
credibility recently. Many experts believe that we will burn the
world's remaining
fossil fuels anyway, and we should therefore try to lower the impact if
we are
to prevent a catastrophic climate change. Yet capturing, transporting
and
storing carbon dioxide raises energy consumption considerably and
brings with it serious health and environmental problems. The benefits,
on the other hand, are shadowed in doubt.
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Almost 30 percent of energy use and 35 percent of CO2-emissions in China comes from the production of export goods.
China and India are devouring our energy resources at an ever faster pace. The greenhouse gases that are saved in western countries by installing windmills and solar panels are abundantly compensated for by the building of new coal plants in these countries. However, we don’t have clean hands.
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