http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/02/22/linder_logic/ Blogging the science and policy of global warming Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:48:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/02/22/linder_logic/comment-page-1/#comment-26 The Future of CCS: Still a Turbid Sky « A Significant Distraction Wed, 16 May 2007 20:57:48 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/02/22/linder_logic/#comment-26 [...] Despite positive projections by the experts, some questions remain.  An example of general skepticism can be found in the article “Important! Why Carbon Sequestration Won’t Save Us” at treehugger.com. Some of the author’s criticisms of CCS are not likely to be fatal flaws. To be fair though, I don’t think the author claimed to have any expertise. The only source cited was Tim Flannery’s book The Weather Makers, not exactly a treatise on CCS. The author’s broader concern, however, cannot be easily brushed aside. The article voices concern over the possibility that token amounts will be invested in CCS in a effort to buy time for continued investment in coal rather than renewable sources of energy. Whether CCS is practicable, or whether it is a significant distraction, a diversion, or a red herring (but probably not an ignoratio elenchi) is an issue that deserves debate. [...] [...] Despite positive projections by the experts, some questions remain.  An example of general skepticism can be found in the article “Important! Why Carbon Sequestration Won’t Save Us” at treehugger.com. Some of the author’s criticisms of CCS are not likely to be fatal flaws. To be fair though, I don’t think the author claimed to have any expertise. The only source cited was Tim Flannery’s book The Weather Makers, not exactly a treatise on CCS. The author’s broader concern, however, cannot be easily brushed aside. The article voices concern over the possibility that token amounts will be invested in CCS in a effort to buy time for continued investment in coal rather than renewable sources of energy. Whether CCS is practicable, or whether it is a significant distraction, a diversion, or a red herring (but probably not an ignoratio elenchi) is an issue that deserves debate. [...]

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