Carbon Capture and Storage 101: The Basics

[MsLabMom]

Many companies are investing in CCS voluntarily.

[JETP1L0T]

what a HUGE waste of money. Invest it on REAL clean energy like geothermal

[Geology201]

The cap rock (aka 'seal' in petroleum industry) is not necessarily 'dense' (1:43) - density is irrelevant to the purpose served by a cap rock. A cap rock is impermeable (lacks pore space for fluids to migrate), that is what seals the carbon dioxide in the porous reservoir rock below. Good video.

[KnightBiologist]

Passing the Cap and Trade legislation in the US is an important first step; it will give an economic incentive to the coal-energy industry to pursue carbon sequestration.