Letter on carbon: CCS negativity is hard to abate
The oft-fragmented and disparate sector must find ways to speak with a collective voice and debunk the anti-CCS doublethink
As COP29 approaches, those advocating for the importance of CCS to energy sustainability efforts should remember some of the negative reactions that came simply from the lip-service paid to the technology at last year’s shindig. While nobody wants to hear the industry’s shortcomings, there is much to be said about getting the criticisms out in the open—especially when few of them have much substance. Remember COP28's clunky call for “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050 in keeping with the science”. The chimera tried to please all parties. There ar

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