carbon sequestration, definition of

Greenhouse gases are those gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that absorb and emit radiation at specific wavelengths within the spectrum of thermal infrared radiation emitted by the Earth’s surface, the atmosphere itself, and by clouds. This property causes the greenhouse effect.

Greenhouse gases are essential to maintaining the current temperature of the Earth; without them the planet would be uninhabitable.

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• Scotland’s key carbon capture project faces collapse in new blow to Miliband
  Storegga said it would sell its Acorn stake following a “strategic review of its business, capital requirements and future structure”.
• SciAm: Can We Bulldoze Enough Forests to Prevent Climate Change?
  I'm sure there was a time greens wanted to protect forests from bulldozers.
• Billions Spent, Atmosphere Doesn’t Notice
  To recap: the UK’s flagship CCS installation will sequester annual emissions so tiny you’d find bigger fractions in a decimal quiz, at a price per tonne you’d expect to see on a luxury cruise...
• Pouring Money Down The CO2 Drain
  It goes without saying that spending taxpayer money on non-jobs, that create no added value for the economy, will act as a brake on economic growth in the long run.
• Britain’s Quixotic Carbon Capture Crusade
  Britain’s CCS crusade championed by the climate zealot Ed Miliband, far from being a mark of leadership, may ultimately stand as a cautionary tale of how “climate leadership” ambitions and economically-illiteracy can override both science and economics.
• More Subsidies Announced For Carbon Capture
  Carbon capture is an energy consuming process, so Connah’s Quay will use a lot more gas than a conventional CCGT does. On top of that, there is the CAPEX and OPEX involved in the carbon capture, as well as the cost of piping it all away.
• CounterPunch is (Partially) Right: Carbon Capture and Storage is a Scam
  In the end, CounterPunch is correct to point out that CCS is a scam, it absolutely is, and is a massive waste of billions of dollars. They missed the main reason, though, and that is that it is totally unnecessary. In no way does rejecting carbon capture...
• Carbon Capture Comes Crashing Down (Again): A Comedy in Subsidies
  This isn't cutting-edge climate tech. It’s an energy-intensive Rube Goldberg machine designed to appease green investors, virtue-signaling corporations, and bureaucrats allergic to basic physics.
• Direct Air Capture’s Epic Flop: Green Hype Crashes Against Physics and Costs
  ...with CO2 mitigation policies and technologies failing, it is time to reverse course on the whole climate crusade, redirecting resources toward adaptation to extreme weather (from any cause). Thirty-five years of misdirection and waste is enough.
• Carbon Capture Scam Does Not Even Offset Its Own Emissions
  In short, the whole thing is a crooked scam. And those who have fallen for it through their wish to virtue signal deserve no sympathy.

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