Wind, sun, biomass, geothermal, there are so many exciting and promising alternative energy sources that represent our future—hopefully cleaner—planet. Many people don’t associate fossil fuel giant Shell with this future. However, while Shell will continue doing its part and contribute to global climate change, it will also be taking massive amounts of CO2 out of the air in the next few years. The company has now officially launched the Quest Carbon Capture and Storage project in Alberta, Canada, to capture and safely store more than one million tonnes of CO2 each year, equal to the emissions from about 250,000 cars. By doing this, Shell will capture one-third of the emissions from one of its facilities that turns oil sands bitumen into synthetic crude that can be refined into fuel and other products. Let’s now hope Shell will eventually make the business of capturing and storing carbon as important as it takes its business of burning fossil fuels seriously.
Shell launches carbon capture project to take massive amounts of CO2 out of the air
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