Carbon regulation may well mean the emergence of entirely new industries. production. Carbon capture and CCS is a potential of assuring the position of coal 1 as a major sequestration (CCS) is one such industry. energy source while reducing its climate change effects. 2 CCS allows coal Katzer 7 PhD in Chemical Engineering, member of the National Academy of Engineering, Professor @ MIT – James, Future of Coal,” http://web.mit.edu/coal/The_Future_of_Coal.pdf “The A central conclusion to be drawn from our examination of alternative futures for coal is that if carbon capture and sequestration is successfully adopted, utilization of coal likely will expand even with stabilization of CO2 emissions. extension of these emissions control scenarios Though not shown here, further into the future shows continuing growth in coal use provided CCS is available. Also to be emphasized is that market adoption of CCS requires the incentive of a significant and widely applied charge for CO2 emissions.
production. Carbon regulation may well mean the emergence of entirely new industries. Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is one such industry. CCS is a potential of assuring the position of coal 1 as a major energy source while reducing its climate change effects. 2 CCS allows coal Katzer 7 – PhD in Chemical Engineering, member of the National Academy of Engineering, Professor @ MIT James, “The Future of Coal,” http://web.mit.edu/coal/The_Future_of_Coal.pdf A central conclusion to be drawn from our examination of alternative futures for coal is that if carbon capture and sequestration is successfully adopted, utilization of coal likely will expand even with stabilization of CO2 emissions. Though not shown here, extension of these emissions control scenarios further into the future shows continuing growth in coal use provided CCS is available. Also to be emphasized is that market adoption of CCS requires the incentive of a significant and widely applied charge for CO2 emissions.
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