CARBON+NEUTRALITY

__I. CARBON NEUTRALITY __ **A. THE PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE ORDER IS A TEST TO AMERICANS:** **﻿ 1) Carbon neutrality,** **or having a net zero carbon footprint, refers to achieving net zero [|carbon emissions] by balancing a measured amount of carbon released with an equivalent amount sequestered or offset, or buying enough [|carbon credits] to make up the difference. It is used in the context of carbon dioxide releasing processes, associated with transportation, energy production and industrial processes**. media type="youtube" key="nhE68fpzXXQ" height="349" width="560" align="center"
 * __**CARBON NEUTRALITY=SUSTAINABILITY=CLEAN ENERGY**__

**2) Carbon Neutral Energy** **(CNE):** **It can refer to the practice of balancing [|carbon dioxide] released into the atmosphere from burning [|fossil fuels], with [|renewable energy] that creates a similar amount of useful energy, so that the carbon emissions are compensated, or alternatively using only renewable energies that don't produce any carbon dioxide (this last is called a post-carbon economy).[|equivalence]. The phrase was the [|New Oxford American Dictionary]’s Word Of The Year for 2006. ** media type="youtube" key="VS1zLSJH0VQ" height="349" width="425" align="center"
 * ===**__WHAT IS CARBON NEUTRAL?__** ===

****3) CNE Technology- //[|Carbon Capture and Storage]: ﻿ // **** //Carbon capture// and storage (CCS), alternatively referred to as //carbon capture// and sequestration, is a means of mitigating the contribution of fossil fuel 

10 July 2009 major economies forum meeting on climate change: Australian Prime minister Mr Rudd, who shared the stage with [|US President] [|Barack Obama], said the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute (CCS) would now be an international initiative led by Australia - which will act as a clearing house for research of new technologies, legislation to pave their path and as a vehicle to streamline funding. "The practical challenge we face...is what do we do about the problem, the challenge, of coal. There are practically no large carbon capture and storage projects under construction now," Mr Rudd said. "Australia in the last 12 months has decided to work with other major economies, and all the major energy companies, on the establishment of a Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute. That is what we are here launching today." He said carbon capture and storage, which captures CO2 and seeks to inject it in safe stores deep underground, is an important potential future weapon in the battle against global warming.[|[][|1][|]] Electricity sourced from fossil fuels accounts for more than 40 per cent of the world’s energy-related CO2 emissions. A further 25 per cent comes from large-scale industrial processes such as iron and steel production, cement making, natural gas processing and petroleum refining. With world energy demand projected to grow by more than 40 per cent over the next two decades, reducing CO2 emissions is a significant challenge the nation of Australia has a particular interest in helping to solve. Australia’s is the world’s biggest coal exporter, and the Australian economy is heavily dependent upon coal – its biggest export. Renewable energy technology continues to develop, but fossil fuels, in particular coal and gas, will continue to provide the bulk of the world’s energy for the foreseeable future. However there is a way to harness fossil fuels while significantly reducing CO2 emissions. The answer lies in the capture and storage of carbon dioxide and other climate influencing greenhouse gases. Should the storage of CO2 deep underground continue to stall due to extremely high cost and risk, 'Bio Carbon Capture and Storage’ or ‘Bio CCS’ is a suite of technologies that can be retro-fitted to most stationary emitters, such as coal fired power stations in order to cut greenhouse gas emissions (not just CO2) by about a half. Additionally, other Bio-CCS technologies, such as Soil Carbon and Forestry can be deployed to further draw down net atmospheric greenhouse gas pollution. Algal Synthesis uses captured smokestack emissions, including CO2 as feedstock to grow oil-rich algal biomass in enclosed membranes for the production of oil suitable for the production of valuable supply chain commodities such as plastics manufacture and the production of transport fuel (including aviation jet fuel) and nutritious low cost animal feed. The fact that Bio CCS replicates the earth’s natural response to atmospheric carbon for the production of oil-rich biomass (the original source of the world’s fossil fuel reserves) demonstrates the sound science on which Bio CCS technologies are based – and provide the ultimate proof that these technologies work. Importantly, Bio CCS uses CO2 as a value-added input feedstock to produce high demand supply chain commodities – thus offering investor a financial upside. Conventional CCS (geo sequestration) on the other hand, which has been likened to ‘the liquid gas business in reverse’, involves a great deal of investment for no financial reward – only increased cost to end consumers. To date, Australia’s three largest coal fired power stations have undertaken to trial Bio CCS Algal Synthesis with potential for the projects to be up-scaled to major CCS Demonstration Projects by 2020, and together with other proposed Bio CCS projects, cutting Australia’s total greenhouse gas emissions by a third.
 * Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute **