The futility of carbon capture and storage

Carbon capture and storage is a wasteful and expensive green-washing program.

The only practical choice now available to the world is a rapid replacement of fossil fuel energy with renewable energy (solar, wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric), while ending support for fossil fuels, write Geoff Strong and Richard van der Jagt. Photograph courtesy of Michael Mueller on Flickr

Opinion

BY GEOFF STRONG, RICHARD VAN DER JAGT

August 10, 2023

Federal tax dollars directed to carbon capture and storage at source are a direct subsidy to a very profitable but toxic fossil fuel industry.

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