Greenpeace Report "Irrweg CCS": Carbon Capture and Storage is Expensive, Risky, and Hardly Feasible
CCS is not a climate protection technology
The environmental organization Greenpeace has published a critical report on carbon capture and storage (CCS). According to the report, CCS is expensive, risky, and hardly feasible. The technology is therefore not a suitable climate protection technology.
High costs, low efficiency
One of the main criticisms of CCS is its high cost. According to the report, the cost of capturing and storing one ton of CO2 could be between 100 and 200 euros. This would make CCS a very expensive climate protection technology. In addition, the efficiency of CCS is very low. According to the report, only about 80 to 90 percent of the CO2 can be captured from power plants and other industrial facilities.
Geological risks
Another criticism of CCS is the geological risks associated with the storage of CO2. CO2 is a greenhouse gas that can contribute to climate change if it escapes from the storage site. According to the report, there is a risk that CO2 could leak from storage sites due to earthquakes or other geological events.
Hardly feasible
The report also criticizes the fact that CCS is hardly feasible. According to the report, there is a lack of suitable storage sites for CO2. In addition, the transport of CO2 from power plants and other industrial facilities to the storage sites is a major logistical challenge.
Conclusion
The Greenpeace report comes to the conclusion that CCS is not a suitable climate protection technology. The technology is too expensive, the efficiency is too low, the geological risks are too high, and the feasibility is too low. The report recommends that other climate protection technologies, such as renewable energies, should be used instead of CCS.
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