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Environment & Energy

Nihil

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1. Didn't go through the PNAS paywall but it's a good article in the LA Times.

Reply to kristopher (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 04:50 AM

Jul 2012

Can't point out this bit too many times:
>> The notion of mitigating harmful carbon dioxide emissions by storing the
>> gas underground is not practical because the process is likely to cause
>> earthquakes that would release the gas anyway

Thanks for posting this.

(Mind you, I still think that the NRC sold out when they declared that
fracking for natural gas is somehow "different" ...)

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Earthquake triggering and large-scale geologic storage of carbon dioxide [View all] kristopher Jul 2012 OP

Didn't go through the PNAS paywall but it's a good article in the LA Times. Nihil Jul 2012 #1

Why doesn't that asame logic apply pscot Jul 2012 #3

It does (in the real world) for fracking (hence my "sold out" comment) Nihil Jul 2012 #4

Content more than 6 months old is free. kristopher Jul 2012 #5

Thanks - I hadn't realised that. (n/t) Nihil Jul 2012 #6

It was a stupid idea to begin with madokie Jul 2012 #2