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Energy Policy

Volume 57, June 2013, Pages 107-108
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Is there any real chance for carbon capture to be beneficial to the environment?

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Abstract

The rapid application of carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a much heralded means to tackle emissions from both existing and future sources that, however, simply may not deliver the expected benefits. Apart from some doubts about the efficacy of the geological storage, the present stall in deploying carbon capture and storage (no fossil-fuel power plants, the greatest source of carbon dioxide emissions, are presently using carbon capture and storage, and publicly supported demonstration programmes are struggling to deliver actual projects) is due to the simple fact that the move to carbon capture and storage would have considerable additional costs for the economy and the environment that would very likely offset all the benefits.

Highlights

► Role of carbon dioxide emission is still controversial. ► Atmospheric carbon capture has no present interest. ► Carbon capture at the source may be interesting. ► Carbon capture and recycle has better perspectives than carbon capture and storage.

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To the Editor

Apart from the still open debate how relevant are the regulated anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions to the behaviour of our climate, some of the proposed mitigation strategies actually translate in much worse consequences for the economy and the environment including the anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions that just doing nothing. Anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions are higher than ever and further emissions increase seems inevitable with the increasing population and energy needs. The

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