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@article{Mac:2017:10.1038/nclimate3231,
author = {Mac, Dowell N and Fennell, PS and Shah, N and Maitland, GC},
doi = {10.1038/nclimate3231},
journal = {Nature Climate Change},
pages = {243--249},
title = {The role of CO2 capture and utilization in mitigating climate change},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3231},
volume = {7},
year = {2017}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - To offset the cost associated with CO2 capture and storage (CCS), there is growing interest in finding commercially viable end-use opportunities for the captured CO2. In this Perspective, we discuss the potential contribution of carbon capture and utilization (CCU). Owing to the scale and rate of CO2 production compared to that of utilization allowing long-term sequestration, it is highly improbable the chemical conversion of CO2 will account for more than 1% of the mitigation challenge, and even a scaled-up enhanced oil recovery (EOR)-CCS industry will likely only account for 4–8%. Therefore, whilst CO2-EOR may be an important economic incentive for some early CCS projects, CCU may prove to be a costly distraction, financially and politically, from the real task of mitigation.
AU  - Mac,Dowell N
AU  - Fennell,PS
AU  - Shah,N
AU  - Maitland,GC
DO  - 10.1038/nclimate3231
EP  - 249
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 1758-678X
SP  - 243
TI  - The role of CO2 capture and utilization in mitigating climate change
T2  - Nature Climate Change
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3231
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/62882
VL  - 7
ER  -

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