Max Biermann, Ph.D.

Thanks for sharing!!👍

Positive! But does peak oil mean peak emissions for China? Just curious 😅

Yes the track record so far is not great when it comes to proportion of global emissions and yes CCS is not THE Answer (nothing is, the thing that comes closest is electrification).
Still the there are no credible pathways to 2 C without it. See IPCC SR15 and AR6

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It's not THE solution - nothing is. Using CCS for greenwashing of fossil fuel interests is not why we need CCS:
There are emissions we cannot readily abate by other means than CCS: example 1st projects in Europe will focus on cement, waste incineration and ammonia production.
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Curious to read more about these novel capture technology - would you mind sharing some links to papers worth reading? Thx

Unfortunately we do need CCS to help 1) reduce emissions and 2) remove CO2 from the atmosphere for residual emissions we can't get rid of (e.g.agriculture)
But: we also need all the solutions you mentioned. CCS may contribute to ~20%. #nosilverbullet
Electrify what we can, reduce methane Ems asap

But: yes, a lot of historic CCS was done to do enhanced oil recovery (EOR),mainly US We have to have dedicated storage without oil extraction (obviously). In Europe for example all projects in development are solely for storage, no EOR.

Or read the summary for policy makers of the latest IPCC report if you can.
www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth...

Carbon Capture and Storage is necessary to keep global warming below 2°C Scenarios indicate that Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is critical to meet the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to ‘well below 2°C’. But, at

Read more here:
cicero.oslo.no/en/articles/...

CCS is not just greenwash - whether we like it or not - we will most likely need it to stay below 2 C. Why?
1. Help reduce emissions in hard to abate sectors (cement, waste incineration, some steel plants, longhaul shipping & aviation)
2. Remove CO2 from the atmosphere (counteract residual GHG)

Oh yes of course that doesn't need funding 😅👍

Unfortunately yes. The IPCC reports make it very well clear that we will need to remove carbon from the atmosphere, most likely also via technical means such as direct air capture (there are others). Carbon removal from atmosphere ≠ mitigation of fossil emissions.

Yes that distinction is very important - we can and must do removals via natural & technological solutions (BECCS & DAC). And: those are removals, i.e. on top of mitigation of fossil emissions. carbon capture and storage from hard to share sectors like waste incineration, cement, etc. we also need