FRANKLIN ORR, dean of earth sciences at Stanford University, and Peter Brewer
of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, both in California,
impressively outlined some of the techniques that could be used to lock away
carbon dioxide emissions (Chemistry & Industry, 4 September 2000, p
567). I sent a copy of the article to Lord Whitty, who has ministerial
responsibilities in the House of Lords for matters relating to climate
change.
Whitty replied that the Department of the Environment, Transport and the
Regions broadly agrees with the Brewer-Orr view. In fact, its experts have
proposed underground storage and ocean-floor trapping…
