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CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery For Decarbonization
May 3, 2021 6:30:pm
Summary In a future in which the energy system faces dual challenges – addressing carbon concerns and transitioning away from hydrocarbons altogether – reducing the carbon impact of fuels will become a key tool in meeting climate and energy goals.
by: Colin Ward, OXFORD INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY STUDIES (OIES)
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CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery For Decarbonization
As an example, jet fuel is very difficult to substitute due to the low energy density of batteries and the high cost of alternatives like hydrogen, making an upstream solution the only option until technology and costs evolve. Thus, making the best of the existing energy supply chain through decarbonization is a realistic and cost-effective option for the mid-term and warrants investigation.
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The future of natural gas in a low-carbon world: GECF and Shell present divergent pathways [Gas in Transition]
May 3, 2021 10:15:am
Summary Shell sees natural gas demand peak in 2034 in its new Sky 1.5 scenario, which is designed to keep temperature increase limited to 1.5 degrees. From that point on, the role of gas will dwindle quickly, to virtually nothing by century’s end. By contrast, the Global Gas Outlook 2050 from the Gas Exporting Countries’ Forum (GECF) sees no peak at all for gas demand up to 2050 and views gas as the great winner of the energy transition. What are the assumptions behind these widely different perspectives? And how should gas companies deal with this kind of uncertainty? [Gas in Transition, Volume 1, Issue 1]
We wish to thank Dr. Giorgios Kallis for his wide-ranging response to our lead essay and for his collegiate tone. Kallis writes that “The problem now is not resource scarcity, but damage to the environment (e.g., biodiversity).” He notes that “Resource use grows hand in hand with GDP, even in service economies like the US or the UK where economists expected reductions,” and he advocates in favor of “degrowth.” Finally, Kallis believes that “satisfactory levels of wellbeing can be achieved at a fraction of the highest national incomes.”
The focus on environmental damage as a by-product of population growth, economic growth, and growth in consumption has a long pedigree. In 1982, for example, a group of ecological economists met in Stockholm and published a manifesto warning of natural limits on human activity. “Ecological economists distinguished themselves from neo-Malthusian catastrophists by switching the emphasis from resources to systems,” wrote one histor
Reducing ocean acidification by removing CO2: Two targets
April 14, 2021ScienceBlog.com
Is it possible to simultaneously address the increase of the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and the resulting acidification of the oceans? The research of the project DESARC-MARESANUS, a collaboration between the Politecnico di Milano and the CMCC Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Foundation, explores the feasibility of this process, its chemical and environmental balance, and the benefits for the marine sector, focusing on the Mediterranean basin.
It is now widely recognized that in order to reach the target of limiting global warming to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels (as the objective of the Paris agreement), cutting the carbon emissions even at an unprecedented pace will not be sufficient, but there is the need for development and implementation of active Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) strategies. Among the CDR strategies that currently exist,