Carbon dioxide emission from fossil fuels; Major component of greenhouse gases

• Autorzy: Marzec A.

Warianty tytułu

PL

Emisja dwutlenku węgla z paliw kopalnych. Główny składnik gazów cieplarnianych

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Forecasts by 2020, referring to the worldwide energy production, fossil fuel utilization, carbon dioxide emission and averaged global temperature increase are reviewed. By 2020 the CO2 emission from fossil fuels will show 70 % increase compared with the 1990 emission; and 90-fold increase compared with the preindustrial emission. The dioxide is currently responsible for 60 % of greenhouse (GH) effect. The percentage would definitely be higher on future increase of anthropogenic CO2 emission. Even if CO2 and other GH gases are not exclusively responsible for the already stated climate warming, they significantly contribute to it. Pathways aimed at preventing further warming by suppressing CO2 emission are described. They include separation of CO2 from energy producing systems and its sequestration. Underground sequestration seems to be the best option although some barriers resulting from insufficient knowledge still exist. They refer to eventual CO2 seepage from geological deposits, which would be hard to be monitored and hold back. Ocean sequestration has to be questionable as long as its impact on sea biota is unknown.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

energy production; forecast; renewable resource; nuclear energy; fossil fuels; carbon dioxide emission; sequestration

PL

produkcja energii; źródła odnawialne; energia nuklearna; emisja dwutlenku węgla; sekwestracja

• Wydawca: Centrum Materiałów Polimerowych i Węglowych PAN
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Applied Chemistry
• Rocznik: 2002
• Tom: Vol. 46, nr 3-4
• Strony: 143--149
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 18 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Marzec A.

• Institute of Coal Chemistry - Polish Academy of Sciences, Sowińskiego 5, 44-121 Gliwice, Poland Fax ( [phone]

Bibliografia

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