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Article: COLUMN: What do we do about carbon dioxide?
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- March 5, 2007
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Chad Worth
University Wire
03-05-2007
(Mustang Daily) (U-WIRE) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- What do we do about carbon dioxide?
The problem: Global warming is happening because of carbon dioxide emissions and renewable energy technology is not ready to provide for the full energy demand humans create. So, how do we mitigate global warming pollution if we have to burn fossil fuels in our power plants for the next few decades until renewables are ready for mass implementation?
The answer: Carbon capture and storage (CCS). Well, that seems pretty simple and intuitive, right? Let's just put all of the carbon dioxide back where if came from, below the ground where it doesn't affect our atmospheric ...