commentary: the case for mandatory sequestration
the fact that cumulative carbon dioxide emissions are more important than annual emission rates calls for a fresh approach to climate change mitigation. one option would be a mandatory link between carbon sequestration and fossil fuel extraction. FROM THE TEXT: With current emissions around 10 billion tonnes of carbon per year, and over three trillon tonnes still available in fossil fuel reserves (4,11), emissions need to fall,on average, by over 2% per year from now on to avoid releasing the trillionth tonne.The longer emissions are allowed to rise, the faster they will have to fall thereafter to stay within the same cumulative total.
Credits: Nature Geoscience VOL 2 | DECEMBER 2009 | www.nature.com/naturegeoscience
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