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Carbon Capture and Storage  

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Outline  
I. Introduction  
II. Carbon Capture and Storage  
A. CCS affects the atmosphere and the ocean  
III. Development  
A. UNFCCC has provided containers to store CCS  
IV. United Kingdom’s Perspective  
A. Containers will help provide a better environment  
B. It “cleans” pollution  
C. This might prevent global warming  
V. Finance  
A. Usage of CCS will get cheaper as it is widely used around the world  
VI. Conclusion  

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VII.  
Table of Contents  

Carbon Capture and Storage ................................................................................................................................................... 4  

Development ..........................................................................................................................4  

United Kingdom’s Perspective ..............................................................................................4  

Finance...................................................................................................................................5  

Conclusion .............................................................................................................................5  

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Jay Park  

Mr. Heil  

Block H  

26 January 2011  

Carbon Capture and Storage  

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the United Nations

Environmental Programme (UNEP) has both confirmed that global warming exists, and is the student 1/28/11 9:54 AM
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we know, too.
result of the emissions in the past century. It is proven that carbon dioxide is also the largest

greenhouse gas (GHG); carbon dioxide is 76% out of all of the other GHGs put together (not

including water vapor). There are other substances in the atmosphere that can trap more heat

than carbon dioxide, but there’s not as much as carbon dioxide. According to the IPCC,

carbon dioxide holds the highest radioactive force compared to any other climate driver (such

as methane). Studies have also proven that around half of the carbon dioxide in the

atmosphere dissolves in the ocean; this causes the ocean to grow more and more acidic. student 1/28/11 9:55 AM
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more acidic, which effects the marine
Carbon dioxide is the leading climate driver, and must be removed.   life down below.

Development  

The development of CCS is therefore required to help prevent global warming. Oil-refinery

technology is used to reform the substances emitted by burning fossil fuels into hydrogen and

carbon dioxide. Then the carbon dioxide is trapped into a membrane, compressed, and then is

sent off through a pipe to a “container.” The carbon dioxide is then stored underground there.

The carbon dioxide can now be stored safely underground, rather than being released into the

atmosphere.  

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has already

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established the Kyoto Protocol of 1997,  

Every year, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) produces more

than 500 million tons of carbon dioxide; this marks it on the top ten carbon dioxide producers.

The UK also has many available gas and oil fields that are drained of hydrocarbon; as much

as thirty years worth of carbon dioxide emissions in the UK can be stored in those fields

alone.  

United Kingdom’s Perspective  

The UK believes that the technology of CCS should be developed. Coal, a widely-used fossil

fuel, can be turned “green” with the help of the new CCS technology. With the help of CCS,

there can now be “clean” pollution; the disastrous effects of carbon dioxide can now be

absorbed, and not go into the atmosphere. CCS allows people to continue burning fossil fuels,

but helps mitigate the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Other options, such as

replacing these fossil fuels with other substances, may also work, but research for this is slow

and is taking too long; thus, CCS is the only option left as of now.  

Although the results of CCS may not be seen immediately, the results will most-assuredly

impact the future. The IPCC predicts that by 2030, costs for fossil fuels such as gas and coal

per megawatt hour will be cheaper with the help of CCS than it would be without it. With

enough CCS plants, the IPCC also forecasted that CCS technology can help reduce as much

as 55 percent of the levels needed to stabilize carbon dioxide reductions. The cost of carbon

will keep rising, while the cost of CCS will decline. Not only that, but the International

Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that over 200 power plants worldwide will need CCS

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three degrees Celsius; a small change in temperature can already (as it already is) upset

ecosystems globally. At the moment, CCS is one of our only ways to prevent global warming.  

Finance  

The UK is confident that with time, money, and effort, CCS can be developed to be efficient

enough by 2020. If CCS technology starts to become popular worldwide and spreads, then

eventually it will become cheap enough to be available to even developing countries. If need

be, those countries listed in Article Five of the Montreal Protocol World Bank or other

appropriate agencies can be used to help fund the research. After all, such organizations are student 1/28/11 9:58 AM
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bound to help according to the Multilateral Fund.  

The cooperation of many more nations is also required to help make CCS become efficient.

As of now, only thirteen countries are actively participating in the Carbon Capture Use and

Storage Action Group, consisting of Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan,

South Korea, Mexico, Norway, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, the United States,

and the UK. With the help of more nations, more and more research on CCS technology can

occur. The more research there is, the faster the technology will develop—or at least, should

develop. If CCS becomes a widely known form of carbon dioxide prevention around the

world, then not only will it get cheaper, but it will also get more used. With more CCS usage,

carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will significantly go down, thus keeping the world

from overheating.  

Conclusion  

Carbon capture storage technology is necessary for a better future, but so is the cooperation

of many nations. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will attempt to

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develop and spread technology on carbon capture and storage as much as possible, and looks student 1/28/11 9:58 AM
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forward to the significant reduction of carbon dioxide levels around the world be significantly

reduced.  

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