Enlightenment with Northern Lights – storage of CO2 below the seabed

Although knowledge of CO2 storage below the seabed is not entirely new, many do not know how such storage can function and/or are rather skeptical of the whole idea. But there is no getting around the topic itself, and the concrete associations of the German state of Baden-Württemberg would like to bring light into the darkness by answering some questions.

When, around the 1700s, the focus was initially on creating acceptance for newly obtained knowledge and on overcoming, through rational thinking, all structures that hinder progress. Although knowledge of the storage of CO2 below the seabed is not entirely new, many still do not know how such storage can function or are skeptical about the whole thing. However, there is no avoiding the topic itself, since in view of the European Green Deal and the responsibility towards the environment and future generations, all options for dealing with the emission of CO2 must be thought through. And there...

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