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There is truly nothing quite like carbon capture and storage (CCS) when it comes to prolonging the use of fossil fuels. For decades it has served as the high-emitting industry’s unkillable fantasy, theoretically capturing CO2 emissions and storing them underground to avoid damage to the atmosphere. There is one single tune playing on repeat throughout the entire history of every flavour of this technology: massive promise, then total failure, followed by more massive promise, on repeat. The latest update from the Global CCS Institute (GCCSi) puts that capture capacity at about 64 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (MTCO2-e) in 2024, which is about 0.17%
