It's not a question of criticism and no hurt feelings were intended. I am
responding to the topic it raises with a comment that the study (which is
well designed and executed) does not address what I believe is the major
irreducible uncertainty associated with long-term sequestration. I don't
want to criticize the paper, I want to hear about how to reduce that
uncertainty.  I think it is hard to characterize 37 days as anything more
than a minimal start on a huge problem.
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On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Chris Vivian <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Fred,
>
> The paper by Taylor et al. addresses the specific issue of understanding
> the best practice for monitoring potential leakage and the environmental
> impact that could result from a diffusive leak from a CCS storage complex
> under the sea. It did not set out to address concerns about long-term
> viability of geological storage so your criticism of the paper is not
> fair. Also, in the context of the question being asked, a 37 day test was
> an entirely reasonable first attempt at addressing the question.
>
> Chris.
>
> On Sunday, July 26, 2015 at 9:27:43 PM UTC+1, Fred Zimmerman wrote:
>
>> I don't see where this paper addresses my principal concern about
>> long-term sequestration, which is precisely that: how can we be
>> sufficiently confident without a 3000 year experimental baseline that
>> sequestration as implemented will endure for 3000 years?  How can we
>> exclude either imperfectly understood natural phenomena, imperfect
>> execution, or unanticipated anthropogenic behaviors?  In fact, this test
>> lasted for 37 days (!).
>> ᐧ
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 5:20 AM, Andrew Lockley <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
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