How to Store Carbon

"Carbon capture and storage is a key component of the U.S. Department of Energy’s approach to combatting climate change. The concept is simple: capture CO2 before it leaves a power plant so it can’t trap heat in the atmosphere. Energy innovators have developed many technologies to separate CO2 from the gas stream of coal-fired power plants, but what happens once CO2 has been captured? CO2 storage is a little more complicated than simply locking the captured gas into a vessel and throwing away the key..."
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