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CCS needs reality check instead of IEA spin

October 26, 2009

Sir,

Regarding ‘IEA calls for massive investments in carbon capture‘:

It is interesting to do the maths on some of the roadmap proposals from the International Energy Agency.

100 operational CCS plants by 2020? The EU is struggling to have 12 demonstration plants by 2015. So?
3400 CCS plants worldwide by 2050: that’s one every four days. Realistic?
The report also mentions the need for 360,000 km of pipeline: that is nine times the circumference of the Earth. Where do we get all the steel?

Willy De Backer

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Paul Zakkour says:

November 16, 2009 at 5:13 pm

Sirs,

I believe the more pertinent question is whether a 450 ppm CO2 atmospheric stablisation level is a achievable given current forecasts for production and consumption. This is what the IEA projections are based on.

Paul Zakkour

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