Ten years ago, on this day, September 30th,2014
Boundary Dam ccs goes online (ribbon cutting on 2nd October – source The Guardian)
And it hasn’t gone quite to plan or promise (aka hype)… Of course.
The amount of carbon dioxide in the air was roughly 399ppm. As of 2024 it is 422ppm, but check here for daily measures.
The context was that despite FutureGen having failed, people were still banging on about CCS as The Way Forward. And were willing to put vast sums of taxpayers’ money where their mouths were…
What we learn is that not all pilot projects work. CCS advocates are remarkably schtum about Petra Nova, Boundary Dam and Gorgon. Instead they bleat on about Sleipner Field…
What happened next? Boundary Dam really hasn’t worked.
See for example here.
What do you think? Does this pass the ‘so what?’ threshold? Have I got facts wrong? Interpretation wrong? Please do comment on this post, unless you are a denialist, obvs.
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Also on this day:
September 30, 1969 -US activist publication mentions climate change
September 30, 2009 – Tony Abbott says #climate science is “absolute crap”