Posted on 03/08/2023 6:15:49 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Denmark pushed the button Wednesday on an ambitious project that aims to bury vast amounts of planet-heating carbon dioxide gas beneath the North Sea floor, in the hope that it can help the Nordic nation and others meet climate targets.
Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik gave the symbolic order to begin pumping CO2 into the depleted reservoir of the Nini West oil field, 50 years after his father Prince Henrik celebrated the start of oil and gas exploration off the Danish coast.
“It gives me great pleasure today to be able to reverse the traffic in the pipes and send CO2 back into the Danish underground to the benefit of the climate for Denmark, for Europe, but also for the planet,” said Frederik.
Initially the gas will be shipped in liquid form from an INEOS plant in Belgium, but the plan is to bring in CO2 from Denmark and other European countries later on. After a pilot stage it will see 1.5 million metric tons of the greenhouse gas buried in a sandstone reservoir 1.8 kilometers (1.1 miles) below the seabed each year, rising to 8 million tons per year by 2030.
Experts warn that carbon capture and storage is still an unproven technology and relying on it could undermine efforts to decarbonize the energy sector.
Bruce Robertson, an analyst with the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, said the technology for sequestering carbon was first developed in the 1970s to help boost oil production. By pumping gas underground, fossil fuel companies could force more oil and gas out of existing wells.
While several recent projects have focused on the climate benefits of storing carbon underground, these have been largely unsuccessful, he said.
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Ah, our elite. Their laughable attempts at “science” demonstrates conclusively that placing technology in their hands is akin to allowing Biden to pilot a fighter.
Going from pumping oil from the sea floor to pumping Co2 into it.
If theres a leak it could sink a boat, ship or even an aircraft carrier. and kill everything in the area.
Speaking for myself, I would enjoy watching the methane hydrate explosion in Dutch faces that result from disturbances of the sea bed.
Is this a news story or next season’s plotline on Prime’s The Rig?
Basic chemistry and and thermodynamics are way over their pay grade.
“Its good to be stupid”
Plant a billion trees. Grow crops. Do something useful.
Would pumping gas into the earth be the same as pumping air into a human with a enema syringe?
bullshit.
Put him at the controls of an aged-out F16 that's headed for Davis-Monthan ...
“ If theres a leak it could sink a boat, ship or even an aircraft carrier. and kill everything in the area.”
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In addition to being a NEEDLESS waste of resources this is truly an actual threat possibility. Stupid governments and businesses that are responsible for doing this should be held fully responsible for any resulting damages.
Well, Denmark, remember where you buried it in case all the plants start dying.
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