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The point of this article is that the injected CO2 reacts with the rocks to create stable solids, so that it can't leak even if the physical containment fails a
by philipkglass 10y ago
The point of this article is that the injected CO2 reacts with the rocks to create stable solids, so that it can't leak even if the physical containment fails after a few years. That is a significant improvement over e.g. schemes to inject CO2 in depleted oil fields, where physical containment failure would indeed undo all the benefits of sequestration.
- sandworm101 10y agoExcept for when the pipe breaks, much like every oil-related accident. Pipes +ocean +pressure always creates risks.
- _coldfire 10y agoExcept that we control the flow into the pipe and can turn it off in a minute, unlike every oil-related accident.