Abstract
Carbon dioxide emissions are an inherent problem to burning fossil fuels. CO2 in the atmosphere has been linked to global warming, and there is no way to burn fossil fuels without releasing it. While the world relies on burning any fossil fuel for energy, CO2 will continue to be a problem until a way of sequestering it permanently is found. I plan to examine the current ideas and whether CO2 sequestration will have any impact on atmospheric CO2 levels and global warming.
Sources
- National research Council, The Carbon Dioxide Dilemma: Promising Technologies and Policies. The National Academies Press, Proceedings of a Symposium, April 23-24, 2002.
- U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide: An Energy Resource Perspective. USGS Fact Sheet FS-026-03, March 2003
- Herzog, Eliasson, Kaarstad, Capturing Greenhouse Gases: Sequestering carbon dioxide underground or in the deep ocean could help alleviate concerns about climate change. Scientific American, February 2000.
- U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Climate Change Issues: Agricultural Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety, July 8, 2003.
Posted at Mar 31/2005 09:16 PM:
Peter Saeta: Great topic! I have been wanting to learn about this, and went so far as to post a Scientific American article on it, but haven't yet read it. Is it pie in the sky or real possibility?
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