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Friday, August 31, 2012

Carbon Capture and the Climate Crisis


Carbon Capture and the Climate Crisis:

Can Removing CO2 from Energy Emissions - or Directly from the Air Itself - Mitigate Climate Change?
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ImageSome leading scientists have formed businesses venturing to remove carbon dioxide directly from the air and sell it for reuse. Can this be achieved at a large enough scale to impact the global climate? The process is scientifically possible, but a lot rides on whether the cost of removal is low enough to make these businesses profitable.

Meanwhile, efforts to scrub CO2 from emissions at coal, oil, and natural gas plants have already received some attention. How advanced and widespread are those projects, and what kind of impact can we expect from this form of carbon capture?

Join us as we examine the questions around both a potentially important climate solution and an expanding business space:
  • How effective is filtering CO2 right out of the air? How does it work?
  • What motivates fossil fuel plants to invest in technology that captures CO2?
  • Can carbon capture be profitable on a large scale? How soon?
FEATURING...
  • David Keith, PhD, President, Carbon Engineering, Professor of Applied Physics, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
  • Marc Gunther, Journalist and consultant in business and sustainability, contributing editor at FORTUNE magazine, and author of Suck It Up: How capturing carbon from the air can help solve the climate crisis.
  • Dr. Peter Weywode, Head of Innovation Management, Siemens Oil & Gas Division, responsible for turbomachines, new products and solutions, and sustainable technology and products.
  • Matthew Stepp, Senior Analyst, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation.

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