Carbon sequestration

Climate change solution? I came across this blog entry from a guy in Wisconsin named Glen Barry who doesn’t seem to have much regard for the carbon sequestration idea. I think he raises some valid concerns, esp. i.e. the complexity of systems that prevent the swift action necessary for sequestration to happen anywhere near soon enough to prevent global catastrophe. Of course, perhaps the complexity of systems prevents the swift response of any sort that might be necessary to avert disaster (a view also shared by Dave Pollard over at How to Save the World — see item #5).

Addendum: I asked my knowledgeable friend (you know, as opposed to all my other friends) John what he thought of this. And while he agreed with some of the points Mr Barry made about biofuels, he felt the cynicism about sequestration was not justified. Technologies are, in many instances, more than proven — they are in fact being used and have been for decades. There are some novel types of sequestration that are ‘new’ but it’s unfair to lump all these technologies together. Plus the blog item’s claims about cost are way out of line.

Wow, I feel like a journalist: fair and balanced!