Whatever happened to solar and wind energy by the way?? Brenda Rosser
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Robert Dean" <qualiall_2 at yahoo.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 8:25 AM Subject: Burying Greenhouse Gasses
> Adelaide University
> 4-Jun-01
>
>
> Nerw Plan To Force Greenhouse Gases Underground
> Library: SCI
> Keywords: GREENHOUSE POLLUTANTS SUSTAINABILITY CARBON-DIOXIDE
> Description: A major proportion of the world's greenhouse gases may be
> pumped underground, according to researchers at Adelaide University,
> Australia. It is hailed as one of the most practical, environmentally
> sustainable and economically feasible solutions to the world wide
greenhouse
> gas problem.
>
>
>
> A MAJOR proportion of the world's greenhouse gases may be pumped
> underground, according to researchers at Adelaide University, Australia.
>
> Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are not only caused by fuel consumption,
they
> are also a byproduct of petroleum production at oil and gas fields, adding
> to the global greenhouse problem.
>
> Now a $1 million study at Adelaide's National Centre For Petroleum Geology
&
> Geophysics (NCPGG) is investigating ways of removing those emissions by
> injecting the CO2 back into the ground where it came from.
>
> The work puts Adelaide University at the international forefront of
> greenhouse research. It is hailed as one of the most practical,
> environmentally sustainable and economically feasible solutions to the
world
> wide greenhouse gas problem.
>
> "This technology has the potential to make a substantial difference to
> global greenhouse emissions," says the coordinator of the project in
> Adelaide, Dr Simon Lang (Associate Professor, NCPGG).
>
> "Greenhouse gas emissions are expected to lead to global warming of
between
> 2-4 degrees Celsius on average over the next century. Even if we make
major
> reductions to emissions, global warming will still occur but at a lesser
> rate. Finding solutions to reduce the emissions is vital if we are to
avoid
> potentially destructive climate change," he says.
>
> Technology for removing huge quantities of emissions in "CO2 sinks", as
> they're called, is currently being developed and trialled in Norway.
> However, Dr Lang says Australia is leading the way in this research.
>
> "We're investigating the means by which this can be done safely and in
> sufficient quantities to dwarf other available methods. This may prove to
be
> one of the only ways of reducing emissions at a great enough rate."
>
> The outcomes, if successful, would complement other methods of greenhouse
> gas reduction, such as tree planting, improved energy efficiencies,
> reduction in the use of coal as an energy source, and shifting to new gas
> and fuel cell technologies.
>
> "The idea is to find places where we could store hundreds of millions of
> tonnes of CO2 injected at high rates for many years, and it appears that
> Australia has several sites where this may be feasible both technically
and
> economically," Dr Lang says.
>
> The research program is funded by the Australian Petroleum Cooperative
> Research Centre with substantial industry support. The project also has
> international research links with key players in the US, the UK and
Europe.
>
> MEDIA CONTACT
>
> PhD student Catherine Gibson-Poole is available for interviews: +618 8303
> 4295 wk, +618 8265 3413 hm, or 0416 271 750 mobile. Email:
> cgibsonp at ncpgg.adelaide.edu.au
>
> (Associate Professor Lang is attending an international conference on this
> issue.)
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