Scientists from a US laboratory said that China has enough space to store carbon dioxide emissions for up to a century, making carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology a viable option for reducing emissions, the South China Morning Post reported. The group of researchers affiliated with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory worked with scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences to survey potential deep geological formations underground and offshore, and mapped China’s sources of carbon dioxide emissions over a five-year period. The researchers found that most sources of carbon dioxide were within 160 kilometers of an appropriate storage site, which could significantly reduce the cost of using CCS in China. But carbon experts warn that CCS technology is still a long way from being commercialized, and that there is no guarantee that storage facilities would prevent carbon dioxide from leaking into the environment in the future.
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