Why? Because we are the leaders, worldwide. Every second year the IEAGHG summer school returns to Regina and Estevan, because we’ve got the most significant, commercial-scale carbon capture facility on a coal plant in the world, and we’ve learned a lot from it. That’s from the general manager of the IEAGHG.
Say what you want about carbon capture and storage, but Saskatchewan’s a big deal in this field.
I also asked him about when the glaciers covered Canada, and it wasn’t my SUV or the two coal fire power plants near my house that caused them to melt.
Government funded (tax payer) Unicorn Ranching based on the myth that Carbon Dioxide causes global warming. And all of this hysteria created by that odious creature known as Maurice Strong and his IPCC.
Mo Strong is No Mo’ Strong, but the other turd villains are still going strong. Sheisters and scamsters all.
It is often said one should never speak ill of the dead. Alas, in the case of Mr. Strong we will make an exception. A more evil, malevolent creature would be hard to find. And to where did he scurry for sanctuary when exposed, why, China of course.
He slithered off to China because of all the crooked scams that he skimmed while at the UN. He was evil before then. There was also the huge swaths of Central American jungle that he had Ontario Hydro buy up while he was chairman that just happened to be next to property that he and his cuckoo wife owned. Yep slimy bastard he was.
What? We’re “damming up” Co2 behind Dam #3 ? Yeah … Unicorn farming for fun and profit. Wait. Did I say “profit” … how silly … “profits” only come from creating something for sale that people buy and use. So this must be a “Nonprofit” Unicorn Farm … where only the Executives get paid all those government tax receipts.
The Ghost Busters model (until the grid fails, and all hell breaks loose…literally)
“Carbon capture” may be the single most insane engineering effort undertaken by our species.
I, as a Canadian Engineering University graduate, swore an oath on cold steel to try to think of anything that could go wrong and hurt people, and design accordingly, independent of any political pressure. Any engineers that are participating in and promoting CCS should be forced to burn their degree and surrender their Iron Ring.
Carbon capture, what a load of crap.
The response to glacier question from a data resolution perspective is like comparing apples to oranges: Proxy data to instrument data with the latter heavily homogenized and ‘adjusted’. The ice core data is site specific. In essence a time and space mismatch persists.
This. I keep running into this ‘rate of change’ argument, where they can be bothered to allow there was climate change when no humans walked the planet. Everything is guesswork, but they can’t admit it. Some guesses are better than others, and some can form a consistent method of evaluation, when the results are measurable (example being successfully drilling for oil or gas, or defining mining projects). But there is literally no proof that a disinterested observer might consider scientific.
How many other media types would have the gall to ask about glaciers? hmmm?
Where there is graft there will be pile it higher and deeper students apparently. Can’t believe there is so much new on the ccs front that it would employ all those at one site. It is scary to think that 80% of the canuckistanian workforce is employed on one gubmint scam or another. One of my off farm gigs involves a fair bit of gubmint regulation, so it may be included in that as well.
Geez. They keep flying those students all over the planet like CO2 doesn’t make the world melt. Maybe it’s just me, but it’s starting to kinda look like the people that believe co2 is a major climate driver are some of the biggest emitters. Now I’m not one to question another person’s faith, but…
There’s no faith to question, Johnboy. If they really believed it, they would act like they believed it. It’s blatantly obvious that they don’t.
“And as humans, you know, our infrastructure is set up around certain weather systems and coping with certain level of storms and floods. And we’re not ready for what’s coming down the line, rather quickly.”
Blah…blah…blah. Same shit, different day. These guys are like parrots. Leonard Nimoy said basically the same thing in the ’70’s but only then it was the coming ice age they were getting their panties in a twist over.
I’ve resigned myself to no longer argue with these ideologues…it’s apparent they’ve won the debate *golf clap*…now proceed to wreck shop with your idiocies.
And for those on board with the carbon capture nonsense…if you’ll fall for that, you’ll fall for anything they tell you.
Carbon capture is their way to meet 2050 goals…the end game is the total elimination of fossil fuels extraction. Full stop – no exceptions. They’ve said as much.
I didn’t see nuclear in Dixon’s basket of energy possibilities…was it intentional?
Why have a carbon capture anything, CO2 is what plants breathe.
Are you trying to starve everyone on the planet?
“Rate of change” of what?
Just think of all the soft drinks that we’ll be able to carbonate with all this CO2 sequestration!
Mmmmmm … beeeeeeer bubbles. Every beer is gonna get a thick, foamy, long-lasting Guinness head. Oh! Wait! That would allow the DEADLY Co2 to escape into the atmosphere! Ohhhhhhhhhhh mommmmaaaaaa … we’re all gonna die … because of evil fossil fuels
Actually, Guinness and other stouts benefit from using Nitrogen instead of CO2, to give it that extra creamy head..
Mmmm, creamy head…
But I bet you there’s at least one person in that picture who owns a SodaStream, ohhh momma, indeed! 🙂
So we consume up to 30% of the generated power in order to run the carbon capture equipment, which seems to be a fairly substantial hit in efficiency…
and means anything built in the future will have to account for upsizing it.
It’s what’s called in the engineering business a parasitic load. This particular example is the height of idiocy. It’s essentially like connecting up a resistive load bank to suck up 30% of the generated power to get nothing in return.
Actually, I believe the parasitic load for BD3 is 27 megawatts, out of a gross 155 megawatts generated after they replaced the turbine and generator. That’s more like a 17% parasitic loss. But It’s been about 9 years since I wrote about that, so I could be off a bit.
Also, you’re entirely wrong about “nothing in return.” The Weyburn Unit currently produces around 24,000 barrels per day. Without carbon dioxide, that number would be more like 6,000 bpd, give or take. So you’re getting a net increase of 18,000 barrels per day, which is actually pretty substantial. And you’re getting hundreds of jobs out of that production, for decades to come after many decades already past. My daughter has one of those jobs. So it absolutely is not “nothing in return.”
Now, if you do CCS and do not use it for enhanced oil recovery, then yes, you have a leg to stand on with that argument.
Appreciate the clarification.
I prefer to think of it as “stealth fracking”.
The high of consumption of oil sands product to extract the oil sands has been given as a reason why oil sands were “dirty oil”. Doesn’t the high rate of consumption make the captured carbon “dirty”?
In fact burning part of the oil sands to extract it was part of the original design rational for those projects. Otherwise they made no sense.
Are these psychos really “sequestering” CO2 by pumping it underground?
Maybe be that is the source of the CO2 WELLS operating in North America and Australia.
Where do these loonies think the “industrial” CO2 comes from? Overflow from the Champagne and beer makers?
Supplementary: CO2 dissolve quite readily in WATER, be it commercial aerated drinks or deep groundwater.
WHEN it does, it forms a relatively weak acid; carbonic acid.
Those familiar with limestone caves will be familiar with the consequences.
Do these “interesting” folk actually know what is beneath their feet? Do they really believe that expending vast amounts of energy to pump CO2 down boreholes will guarantee the stuff stays in place? As the Strolling Bones sang: “It’s a gas, gas, gas!”
It is ALL taxpayer-funded “smoke and mirrors”, with a huge swag of “spillage” to the usual suspects.
Ultimately, ALL of this dangerous nonsense is about “right-sizing” the global population, nothing less.
I’m pretty sure that we blokes are not part of the “right sizing.”
No most of us about 90% are on the wrong size of the equation. Only the self anointed will remain. They haven’t determined who will do the dirty work though to keep the machine sputtering along.
Shell is doing a ccs project here called Altas which just involves pumping CO2 underground for the purposes of storing it. Tried to explain to shell personnel how stupid that is at the project open house. Eventually some got it but go along anyways as it is a good job for them. Said that if they did not do this then shell would not be able to sell gasoline and oil anymore. Lets just keep the train of stupid going down the tracks. There was seismic done on our property regarding this project. I used the payment to fund part of an ICE new truck purchase so at least it did some good.
What the hell is the point of carbon capture in the first place. It’s an act of stupidity.
At 421 ppm we are in a major carbon deficit. Why would would the want to get rid of it?
CO2 is not a poison. People have to stop treating it ass such.