Duane

I understand your opposition in general.  But the position you outline basically requires the Sierra Club to refuse to subject its position on carbon sequestration and storage (CSS) to any test.  The reality is that DEP is VERY LIKELY BORDERING ON CERTAIN to grant the permit as drafted.  Why not acknowledge that it is a test of the hypothesis and simply condition the issuance on full access to all technical data.

Ask the technical question: How will AEP or anybody else determine whether or not CSS works? 

There have got to be objective outputs that say "YES" or "NO" to that question.

If we oppose this as a test, what is our response when they say we just don't want to confront any "inconvenient truths" that contradict our preconception?

Why not let them prove us right?

Yes, it's likely that, regardless of the data, AEP will report the test as a "sucess", but if we have equal access to the data, we will be in a position to independently assess it and draw our own conclusion.

I think that is the most advantageous posture to be in, especially if the permit is going to be issued anyway.

Bill

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 11:52 AM, <Duane330@aol.com> wrote:
In a message dated 1/3/2009 2:41:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, william.depaulo@gmail.com writes:
I have stated earlier my belief that we should not object, per se, to the issuance of the permit.  However, I believe we should insist on complete transparency, i.e., total access by all to the data collected to see if this well effectively captures CO2.

Please let me know what thoughts you have on this issue.
 
BILL, ET AL...........  SEEMS TO ME THAT SOMEONE OR SOME ORGANIZATION SHOULD
OBJECT BECAUSE OF THE FOLLOWING CONSIDERATIONS.
 
  I BELIEVE THAT CO2 SEQUESTRATION HAS NOT BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO BE
AN AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY (TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE),  PRACTICAL (ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE),
SAFE ( NEAR TERM RELIABLE), OR PERMANENT (LONG TERM RELIABLE).
 
THEREFORE, IF THIS APPROACH WERE APPROVED BY THE P.S.C., IT WOULD BE AT
SUBSTANTIAL PERIL TO THE STATE.  IT WOULD INDICATE TO THE WORLD THAT OUR
STATE IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY.   SUCH APPROVAL WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE
FOR A.E.P. TO BUILD THE FACILITY AND THEN TAKE THE POSITION THAT THEY WOULD
THEN PRACTICE SEQUESTRATION AS SOON AS IT BECOMES FEASIBLE AND RELIABLE,
AND WHO KNOWS WHEN OR WHETHER THIS WILL EVER BE THE CASE. 
 
duane nichols


 
 



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