Radical new technologies

• Carbon capture:

  • Rock under North sea could store 22b tones of carbon
• Carbon capture:

  • Capture CO2 from fossil fueled power plants and inject back into depleted gas & oil fields
• Carbon capture:

  • Increased pressure can cause trapped oil to become prevalent - enhanced oil recovery
• Carbon capture:

  • Theoretically cut emissions by 19%
• Carbon capture:

  • 60 - 180% more energy required for power plant with carbon capture than with out it
• Hydrogen fuel cells:

  • Water is only unwanted product + env friendly
• Hydrogen fuel cells:

  • Very expensive with little gov backing and infrastructure
• Hydrogen fuel cells:

  • Toyota Mirai - $60,000 with poor range
• Hydrogen fuel cells:

  • Storage and creation of hydrogen is difficult
• EV:

  • Low emissions when finally on the road
• EV:

  • Prices falling as demand increased - purchase a Tesla for $14,000
• EV:

  • Dirty electricity to power the cars. Creating EV cars = 50% more emissions than combustion car