Storage of carbon dioxide a vexed question
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 06:49
in Earth & Climate
In Sweden alone, 52 million tons of carbon dioxide is emitted every year. To mitigate the negative impacts of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide sequestration has come to the fore as a hot new method. However, the process is heatedly debated, and according to doctoral candidate Mľrten Lind at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, it is of the utmost importance that energy companies not use the method as an excuse to delay conversion to more environmentally friendly energy forms.