Castles in the ground: the prospects for carbon capture and storage

Source: CRC for Greenhouse Gas Technologies
"Carbon dioxide emissions and atmospheric concentrations continue to rise. At the same time, projections of world energy demand indicate increasing use of fossil fuels, especially coal. Because of this, there is interest in using carbon capture and storage technologies as a mitigation option, particularly in Australia because of its dependency on fossil fuels for electricity generation and the importance of its fossil fuel exports....Acceptance by the community will be dependent in part
on cost, but confidence that the technology is safe will be crucial. This will require an effective regulatory regime and appropriate monitoring and verification. For capture and storage to play its part in reducing global emissions,large-scale deployment must be aimed at by 2015–2020."