Canadian Oilsands giants continue work on proposed $16.5B carbon capture project, despite lingering questions
Canadian Oilsands giants continue work on proposed $16.5B carbon capture project, despite lingering questions
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Pathways Alliance, a consortium of the country's six largest oilsands companies, says engineering and other work is ongoing for the proposed project in northeastern Alberta, with about 250 employees.
The IEA report isn't dissuading the Alberta government from announcing new financial support for the carbon capture sector, which Premier Danielle Smith is expected to unveil on Tuesday.
"So far, we haven't seen the kinds of investments that are needed to actually make these carbon capture projects a reality, but we have seen some progress in terms of permitting," said Jan Gorski, program director for oil and gas at the Pembina Institute, a clean energy think-tank.
Cold Lake Mayor Craig Copeland is a firm supporter of the Pathways project, especially because he expects it will help fill hotel rooms, restaurants and other businesses.
There have been pipeline spills in the past, along with other impacts to the First Nations' land because of nearby oilpatch activity and other development, including a the Canadian Armed Forces air weapons range.
"Honestly, we can't envision moving forward with any major infrastructure project without great partnership from Indigenous communities," said Pathways president Kendall Dilling.
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Carbon capture is dumb and inefficient. We just need to leave the shit in the ground.
We need to capture some of what we've already put in the atmosphere. Keep what's in the ground there, and capture back what we've already polluted.
We need both, not one or the other.
You're correct, but stopping consumption is more important than capture and oftentimes the potential to carbon capture is used as an excuse to keep burning inefficient fuels.
This isn't about capturing carbon that has already been released though.
It's better than nothing. Or are we shitting on anything that isn't a 100% perfect solution?
This money can be much much better spent. This doesn't really solve anything other then letting oil companies pretend they are doing something with very little oversight.
Anything requiring fossil fuels is pointless-- especially in wealthy countries. We need dedicated, large scale investment in renewable energy storage methods (not just wind and solar, but lesser known options like wave power or even hygroelectricity). Simultaneous, redundant energy collection from multiple sources is key.
Electric cars aren’t a perfect solution and we let those slide