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The Climate Question: Carbon capture and storage

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13/06/2021 GMT

Carbon capture and storage

BBC World Service - The Climate Question, Carbon capture and storage

Can we just suck the CO2 problem out of the air?

Can we just suck the CO2 problem out of the air? Looking at the technology that could bury or recycle CO2.

It’s likely that there will be no successful green transition without an element of carbon capture, storage and re-use. The oil industry has been burying CO2 underground since the 1970s, so the infrastructure and technology is already available, but removing CO2 from the air at scale is new, and the companies doing it are small. We head to an experimental ‘direct air capture’ plant in Canada to hear how they are making fuel out of air, and explore what changes will be required to ensure that their industry becomes a significant one in the years to come. But if we think that a technology fix is out there, might we limit other efforts?  

Presenters: Neal Razzell and Manuela Saragosa 

Contributors:
Steve Oldham, CEO, Carbon Engineering 
Dr Jennifer Wilcox, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management at the US Department of Energy
Prof Stuart Haszeldine, professor of carbon storage and capture at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland  
Dr Simon Evans, policy editor, Carbon Brief 
 
Producer: Jordan Dunbar 
Series producer: Rosamund Jones
Editor: Emma Rippon

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