SCAN! Briefings
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Could we grow lots of trees, which draw down carbon dioxide from the air, and then burn them as fuel to generate electricity? If we could then capture and bury all the emissions, that would be perfect. Except, of course, that it’s not.
Being able to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas industries would allow them to operate clean and carbon-free. Is carbon capture and storage the silver bullet that could save the planet? Or just another clever and profitable scam by the fossil fuel industries?
Most of the constant hype around hydrogen is being quietly driven by the oil and gas industries, which envision a global hydrogen economy fueled by hydrogen made from methane–a fossil fuel. But hydrogen isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Get the inside story from this SCAN! briefing.
What if instead of reducing our carbon emissions, we could just pull carbon dioxide out of the air and bury it conveniently underground? The fossil fuel industry would have us believe that it’s really that simple. Unfortunately, it’s not.