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14th Jan 2009
Join the battle for carbon capture
Supporters of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology have to face an uncomfortable truth: they are not winning the battle to secure the massive public funds that will be needed if CCS is to become a significant carbon abatement solution in the UK and Europe any time before 2025. This is bad news for utilities.
Utilities will argue that they can’t be expected to pick up the tab for a major societal problem such as global warming. But to have any possibility of securing more public funding, utilities and other CCS supporters must persuade a much wider audience of their case. In other words, a propaganda offensive on CCS is needed, one that has to be waged outside the corridors of power. But the blunt truth is that politicians will only start taking CCS seriously if they believe there is widespread support for it. And at present, the opposite is true.
Reproduced by kind permission of Utility Week. Website: www.utilityweek.com
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