Recently, influential figures and establishments across the country have donated billions of dollars to develop and produce carbon-capture technology to combat global warming.
According to a report conducted in October by the Global CCS Institute, there are 27 carbon-capture plans around the globe, with 14 of them operating in the United States. Around 100 more are being constructed worldwide.
“The UN’s latest climate report made clear that removing legacy carbon pollution from the air through direct air capture and safely storing it is an essential weapon in our fight against the climate crisis,” Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm stated.
In the early 1970s, oil and gas companies began using a chemical process to extract the carbon dioxide from gas pumped in the oil fields and guide it back to the fields to use it to extract more oil from the earth. The process now has a reversed effect, from being used to extract more fossil fuel to a method that is essential in the battle against global warming.
Even though the plans to create carbon-capture technology are backed up by major powerhouses, not everyone is excited about this new method to combat global warming. Climate advocates and critics strongly disagree with plans to create carbon-capture technology, as it is very costly to run long-term, unprofitable, and scientifically unproven to work.
Furthermore, critics state the technology is “expensive, ineffective, and difficult to scale”, as well as a waste of money which could be put to good use by funding renewable energy, a solution that has been proven to slow down climate change.
“People want to believe there’s a quick fix – but there really isn’t. We need systemic, structural change,” Nikki Reisch, the director of climate programs at the Center for International Environmental Law argued.
Additionally, carbon-capture technology could have an effect reversed of the desired: carbon-capture plants that attach to factories rely on fossil fuels to function, an energy source that is fueling the acceleration of climate change. “…[I]t takes significant energy and complex chemical processes to run carbon-capture plants, so scaling this technology could increase other harmful pollutants into the environment,” Washington Post reporter Pranshu Verma wrote.
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According to a report conducted in October by the Global CCS Institute, there are 27 carbon-capture plans around the globe, with 14 of them operating in the United States. Around 100 more are being constructed worldwide.
“The UN’s latest climate report made clear that removing legacy carbon pollution from the air through direct air capture and safely storing it is an essential weapon in our fight against the climate crisis,” Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm stated.
In the early 1970s, oil and gas companies began using a chemical process to extract the carbon dioxide from gas pumped in the oil fields and guide it back to the fields to use it to extract more oil from the earth. The process now has a reversed effect, from being used to extract more fossil fuel to a method that is essential in the battle against global warming.
Even though the plans to create carbon-capture technology are backed up by major powerhouses, not everyone is excited about this new method to combat global warming. Climate advocates and critics strongly disagree with plans to create carbon-capture technology, as it is very costly to run long-term, unprofitable, and scientifically unproven to work.
Furthermore, critics state the technology is “expensive, ineffective, and difficult to scale”, as well as a waste of money which could be put to good use by funding renewable energy, a solution that has been proven to slow down climate change.
“People want to believe there’s a quick fix – but there really isn’t. We need systemic, structural change,” Nikki Reisch, the director of climate programs at the Center for International Environmental Law argued.
Additionally, carbon-capture technology could have an effect reversed of the desired: carbon-capture plants that attach to factories rely on fossil fuels to function, an energy source that is fueling the acceleration of climate change. “…[I]t takes significant energy and complex chemical processes to run carbon-capture plants, so scaling this technology could increase other harmful pollutants into the environment,” Washington Post reporter Pranshu Verma wrote.
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