IW study: Germans can imagine CO2 storage

A large number of Germans are fundamentally open to the capture and storage of CO2 – as long as it doesn't take place on their doorstep. This is the result of a study by the Cologne-based Institute for Economic Research (IW), which was reported on in the newspapers of the Funke Media Group (Sunday editions). According to a survey, 42.6 percent of respondents said they support converting factories to capture and transport CO2. Only 18.5 percent e…

Processing climate-damaging CO2 and storing it in the Earth – that's good for many people, a new study shows. There is only one catch.