Here is an example of how to get my goat: running away from your problems and burying them in the sand like they don't exist instead of facing the music and coming up with a plan to solve it.
Quick fixes do not make environmentally sound solutions. This article reminds me somewhat of when we thought it was a good idea to put our junk in space so there would be less of it in the landfills. As we know now, that wasn't such a hot idea.
Europeans are preparing to bet heavily on burying carbon
Ok this all seems super absurd to me! We can't just go burying our problems. The soil is troubled enough without having noxious gases subplanted in it. It seems to me, that the problem we need to be focusing on is eliminating the actual greenhouse gases that are emitted from factories. Instead of burying our problems along with a boatload of money in the carbon tanks, wouldn't it be much more feesable to work on reducing or totally eliminating the fossil fuels used.
Ok, this quote scares me a bit. “We’re very confident that injecting into abandoned oil and gas reservoirs would be completely secure,” says Haines, one of the researchers in this project. This comment was made so nonchalantly, that it seems like they are assuming it would be safe. A CO2 leak would NOT be a fun thing, and it just seems like there is a whoe "La dee da" approach being taken here. I'm no scientist, but when noxious gases are involved, I want a plan that's more comprehensively researched, experimented, and where consequences are well thought out and documented.
Green Energy should be the new focus of companies. “Coal is providing a lot of the primary energy demand right now. We need to focus on cleaning coal up,” explains Chiaro. I agree, coal is our main energy source right now, but it is getting depleted at such a rapid pace that we need to find an alternate energy source anyway. So, why are we worrying about burying what we've already done? I think it's time to focus on the future and find a healthier and renewable energy resource!
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