Cutting Carbon: Should We Capture and Store It?

Could storing carbon set us up for future disasters?

It's unlikely, say an increasing number of industry figures who want governments to embrace CCS as the most pragmatic response to climate change. Bjorn Berger, a research adviser to Norway's Statoil, says using CCS is a no-brainer.

"It has been staying where we put it," he says of the carbon there. "We study it very carefully and know exactly what it does. If we get realistic about the fact that we need the fossil fuels in the development of places like China and India, then this is a way to make that acceptable."

Otter, CEO of the GCCSI, says, "The only way to understand CCS is to actually do it." Addressing the energy summit, he urged governments to move quickly. "We cannot do without this, in my view. We're looking for really positive and quick action... Deployment is what we're talking about. Not research."

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