Re: [geo] CO2 capture may be our only option for stabilising temperatures - we need to find out the costs, fast | Oxford Martin School

2016-11-20 Thread Shah, Nilay
. Regards, Nilay From: Greg Rau Sent: Sunday, 20 November 2016 21:14 To: Shah, Nilay; 'r.d.schuil...@uu.nl'; 'andrew.lock...@gmail.com'; Geoengineering@googlegroups.com Reply To: gh...@sbcglobal.net Subject: Re: [geo] CO2 capture may be our only option for stabilising temperatures - we need to find

Re: [geo] Re: CO2 capture may be our only option for stabilising temperatures - we need to find out the costs, fast | Oxford Martin School

2016-11-20 Thread Shah, Nilay
Dear Chris, It depends on the source. The largest sources will be coal and gas power plants which mean nitrogen (by far the largest constituent) some residual oxygen, water and ‎low level impurities would be vented to the atmosphere after carbon capture. Some sources eg hydrogen and ethanol

RE: [geo] CO2 capture may be our only option for stabilising temperatures - we need to find out the costs, fast | Oxford Martin School

2016-11-20 Thread Shah, Nilay
Dear Olaf, Although I can see where you are coming from, I have to disagree with one statement. The CO2 that is in flue gas *is* different from that in the atmosphere in terms of what needs to be done to capture it and lock it away, almost regardless of the technology used. That is because the

RE: [geo] techno optimism and bad science in paris

2015-12-03 Thread Shah, Nilay
However this sentence: “They had included "negative emissions" from BECCS into their models - often on a grand scale, without considering whether such a technology was viable, whether carbon pumped underground can be trusted to stay there forever, nor whether burning billions of tons of wood,

RE: [geo] techno optimism and bad science in paris

2015-12-03 Thread Shah, Nilay
[mailto:andrew.lock...@gmail.com] Sent: 03 December 2015 08:55 To: Shah, Nilay Cc: geoengineering Subject: RE: [geo] techno optimism and bad science in paris Elsewhere in the same document, they point out that bioenergy often has higher carbon emissions than fossil fuels. I accept the wording of the extract

[geo] UK CCS competition cancelled

2015-11-25 Thread Shah, Nilay
Dear all, bad news for CCS in the UK: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/25/uk-cancels-pioneering-1bn-carbon-capture-and-storage-competition?CMP=share_btn_tw Regards Nilay From: geoengineering@googlegroups.com