Ideal Carbon Capture Network (image)
Caption
The authors found that the most viable pipeline network (above) would only be possible if tax credits passed by Congress in 2018 to encourage investment in carbon capture-and-storage technology are coupled with low-interest government financing of the pipeline infrastructure. After being transported to Texas, the captured carbon would be pumped into near-depleted oil fields where the carbon dioxide helps recover residual oil while ultimately being trapped underground. The proposed pipelines would help meet the increasing demand for oil while potentially limiting the drilling of new domestic oil wells in environmentally sensitive areas.
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Image by Ryan Edwards, Princeton University
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