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Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil? by csours on Sunday July 26, 2020 @10:59AM (#23957513)
> "A couple of decades ago I wrote a finite difference simulator for CCS as enhanced recovery for coalbed methane."

I don't understand this, care to expand?

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Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil? by rch on Sunday July 26, 2020 @07:45PM (#23961020)
CO2 binds with coal 3:1 vs methane, so you can pump carbon dioxide down an injection well and produce more natural gas from a nearby well than you otherwise would.
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