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Carbon dioxide (CO2) is good at holding in heat from the Sun, and even a small increase
of the gas in the atmosphere can cause Earth to get even warmer. Carbon capture, usage and
storage (CCUS) is about different technologies that can keep CO2 produced by factories and
power plants from causing global warming. The idea is simple, and there are only a few
main steps in the process. The first step is about trapping carbon emissions from factory
chimneys. For instance, a filter can be placed in the chimney, so that the carbon is trapped
and it cannot go out into the atmosphere. Then, the gas is piped to places where it can be
stored or used. If stored underground, it cannot contribute to the climate crisis. If used, for
instance, it can help grow greenhouse plants or make soda drinks.
While CCUS projects can clearly benefit the environment, these projects are not
straightforward as there are many issues to be dealt with, such as maintaining the storage site,
which have slowed start-ups of CCUS projects worldwide. Thus, with only a few CCUS
projects operating now, there still aren’t enough to seriously help with the world’s carbon
emissions. Early forerunners in this technology are the US, Canada, and Norway. The
good news is that CCUS has now gained momentum in other countries, where 30 new projects
have begun in the past three years. The International Energy Agency says there must be
many more to keep carbon emissions from heating the world too much.
【中譯】
二氧化碳(CO2)能很好地吸收來自太陽的熱量,即使大氣中氣體的少量新增也能
使地球變得更加溫暖。碳捕獲、使用和儲存(CCUS)是一種不同的科技,可以防止工
廠和發電廠產生的二氧化碳導致全球暖化。這個想法很簡單,過程中只有幾個主要步
驟。第一步是截留工廠煙囪中的碳排放。例如,可以在煙囪中放置一個過濾器,這樣碳
就被截留,無法進入大氣。然後,氣體被輸送到可以儲存或使用的地方。如果儲存在地
下,它不會加劇氣候危機。如果使用,例如,它可以幫助種植溫室植物或製作汽水。
雖然CCUS 計畫可以明顯地為環境帶來好處,但這些計畫並不簡單,因為有許多問
題需要處理,例如維護存儲網站,這阻礙了全球 CCUS 計畫的啟動。因此,由於現時只
有幾個 CCUS 計畫在運行,仍然不足以幫助世界减少碳排放。這項科技的早期先驅是美
國、加拿大和挪威。好消息是,CCUS 現在在其他國家獲得了進展,在過去三年裡,這
些國家已經啟動了 30 個新計畫。國際能源機構表示,必須有更多的措施來防止碳排放
使世界過熱。
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