Is Carbon Capture and Storage Unrealistic? - Mark Deisendorf

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/24/World_Bank_Praxis_Discussion_Series_Energy

Dr. Mark Diesendorf argues that while he hopes to see carbon capture technology available eventually, it currently isn't a practical solution. He adds that in addition to being impractical, it serves to siphon funds away from other, more viable, energy solutions.

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This program of The World Bank's Praxis Discussion series focuses on the role of energy in international development. Experts discuss the best policies for implementing renewable energy systems, and explore how a clean, reliable source of energy can do more than just light a home.

Mark Diesendorf teaches Environmental Studies at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He was formerly Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Technology, Sydney and a principal research scientist with CSIRO where he was involved in early research on integrating wind power into electricity grids.

Diesendorf currently serves on the editorial boards of several international scholarly journals. His most recent book is Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy.

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[happinesson]

at first i was skeptical until i find myself agreeing to the concepts!

[MsLabMom]

Sequestered carbon can be stored over the long-term.

[heartlessvietboy]

Carbon Capture and Re-Use as Plastic is REAL !!  Look it up. We should be beginning building carbon capture plants.

[TavaruaFootage]

Yo Psycholoicmike-- you need to do some more reading, mate. Whats wrong with CCS technology? 1.) its very energy intensive-- Coal power stations will have to burn more coal to power CCS systems. plus, the amount of co2 that will be emitted to build the vast infastructure needed to 'bury' Co2 is ludicrous. 2) Unsustainable-- burning C02 in the ground is the same as throwing trash in a landfill.

CCS is an absolute joke.

[LeGioNoFZioN]

i will thanks.

[psychoholicmike]

LeGioNoFZion:

It sounds like you've been following these topics longer than I have. I'm still trying to untangle the truth from the BS...it's tedious...

If you have anymore resources to recommend, please email the links to my YouTube account...

Thanks,

Mike

[LeGioNoFZioN]

...which I find a red herring that detracts from real issues we should cope with, I mean we have biodegradable plastic now. now isn't the time to argue over plastic bags when we solved that issue. Yet city council still debates this useless argument for weeks instead of doing what they are paid to do, run things smoothly.

[LeGioNoFZioN]

ok well I think we can agree in this respect, when I was young I was very active in the GW fight. As I got older and the predictions that spurred me to action proved false I became skeptical.

Now I see both sides employing propaganda and I reject both arguments because people are either arguing to support finacial fabrications like cap and trade, creating an industry, or arguing that there is no personal responsiblity in climate change. I reject attempts to monetize the issue ...

[psychoholicmike]

LeGioNoFZioN - I'm not saying that you're necessarily wrong, that we should accept everything the environmental groups holler at us, that no one profits from the environmental agenda, or that there are no hysterical idiots among the environmentalists.

I AM saying, that the oil companies have MUCH stronger ulterior motives than the environmentalists do.

I'm ALWAYS more skeptical of propaganda, when it corresponds to someone's balatant profit motive.

[LeGioNoFZioN]

great for you, but far from the unmitigated truth. I have seen the debunked, and the denial machine. I must admit I was less than convinced. Instead I am convinced people have chosen sides, without much concern for what is the actual truth on the ground. I've seen it from people in both camps. the debunking of the GGWS seemed full of as much propganda as the GGWS, and that is not the way to the truth. there are corps that profit from both sides, the truth isn't what any of them think it is