It is becoming increasingly recognized that the flood of anthropogenic CO2 into the atmosphere
should be reduced in order to mitigate the Earth’s atmospheric greenhouse and slow climate
change. If immediate action is required, then a number of greenhouse gas reduction strategies
may need to be implemented even before complete study of their impacts can be fully
understood. Energy production through combustion produces large amounts of CO2 in a
relatively small number of locations at which CO2 capture and compression to a liquid,
transportable form can be achieved. Physical disposal offers the best option for sequestering this
waste CO2. Because of the costs of transportation, geological sequestration will be most
applicable for one set of power plants, deep ocean sequestration may be most applicable for some
others. In both cases, the sequestration processes can provide some economic benefits. Ocean
CO2 disposal can produce desalinated, treated water as a byproduct.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/1034 |
| Date | 07 1900 |
| Creators | Max, M.D., Sheps, K., Tatro, S.R., Brazel, L., Osegovic, J.P. |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Rights | Max, M.D. |
Page generated in 0.0048 seconds