An Objective Assessment of Geosequestration. (September 25, 2004)

    The Australian Broadcasting Company's science unit's  Heather Catchpole has produced a careful analysis of the factors that need to be assessed in determining if burying compressed carbon dioxide is a sensible approach to significantly reducing Australia's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. She poses the question, "Is burying hundreds of tonnes of carbon dioxide underground a novel way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or a large-scale attempt at sweeping them under the rug? ... Australia has the most emissions of CO₂ per person in the world, mainly because most of our electricity uses energy from coal-fired power stations. In June this year the federal government released a white paper Securing Australia's Energy Future that announced that carbon burying technologies could compete with renewable energy industries for the $500 million in funding."

Catchpole's full report can be found at:

http://abc.net.au/science/features/gasgrave/