carbon sequestration, definition of

The uptake and storage of carbon. Trees and plants, for example, absorb carbon dioxide, release the oxygen and store the carbon. Fossil fuels were at one time biomass and continue to store the carbon until burned.

Carbon sequestration is usually a natural process although machine based techniques can be used to extract or prevent carbon from getting into the atmosphere and put it into long term storage.

• Government Takes RISKS With Taxpayers’ Money On Unproven Net Zero Tech
  The GWPF’s Harry Wilkinson explains how taxpayers are on the hook if carbon capture schemes don’t work.
• Energy Fantasy Versus Reality In Woke-Land — Part III
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• South Dakota Stops Massive Green Energy Land Grab in Its Tracks
  Republican South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden signed a bill Thursday banning the use of eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines, ensuring land protections for farmers across the state.
• The Public Gives a Big “NO” to $9 Billion Pipeline to Capture CO2 from 57 Ethanol Plants Across Five States
  Most of Wednesday’s attendees opposed the pipeline — evident by applause often filling the room after opponents spoke. The opponents who spoke primarily reiterated concerns about safety and impacts to farmland affected by the pipeline’s planned...
• Honey, I Shrunk the Power Plant!
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• Carbon Capture A Waste Of Money, Says Octopus Boss
  But Jackson did not seem to realise the irony when he commented that it was competition rather than subsidies that should be driving the UK’s energy transition...
• New Paper by The Heartland Institute Dissects How Carbon Capture and Storage Projects Threaten Property Rights
  “Efforts to foist carbon capture and storage (CCS) initiatives on the energy sector represent a government-backed boondoggle. CCS is scientifically unjustified because we don't face a climate crisis, as well as economically harmful by raising energy...
• Carbon Capture: Tech Giants Throw Money at the Latest Green Trend
  As tech giants race to outdo each other in the climate virtue-signaling game, the public would do well to remember that these projects often serve corporate interests far more effectively than they serve the planet...
• A Bit Of Perspective Goes A Long Way
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• Earthquakes, Leakage, Expense, Death by Asphyxiation – Is There No Beginning to the Advantages of Carbon Capture?
  DeSmog is all in on the invented climate crisis and a fervent supporter of the political Net Zero fantasy. It obviously hates all hydrocarbon use and has reported on the problems of carbon capture. For its part, mainstream media just sticks with demonising...

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