Green Building Forum - Oil companies granted licences to store carbon under the North Sea Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:38:18 +0100 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 Oil companies granted licences to store carbon under the North Sea https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17953&Focus=303288#Comment_303288 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17953&Focus=303288#Comment_303288 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:46:59 +0100 fostertom https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/15/oil-companies-granted-licences-to-store-carbon-under-the-north-sea
Except that a prime reason that big (oil) money is interested in this, is as a way to 'squeeze' or pressurise more oil and gas out of nearly-depleted oil fields.
Almost as barmy as re-manufacturing CCS-captured carbon into new fuel!
Is the availability of captured carbon going to make carbon-fibre into an alternative for steel, other metals and engineering-grade plastics? What happens to carbon-fibre at end-of-life? Doesn't compost, I guess. Does it burn, or oxidise in any other way? As micro-particles, is it dangerous, or in fact nutritious, to wildlife?]]>