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atmosphere. As for the storage part of CCS, there are many questions around capacity,
injectivity, storage integrity, monitoring, and environmental impacts. CCS has its own costs and
risks, but these must be compared to the cost and risk of doing nothing and standing by as
greenhouse gases disrupt Earth's climate and ecosystems.
While the main focus will be on CO2, other greenhouse gases such as CH4 and N20, will also be
covered. It will be apparent through the collective articles in the journal that the energy and
climate systems are interlinked. For example, the 30% energy penalty mentioned earlier means
that, somewhat paradoxically, more fossil fuel will need to be consumed in order to reduce
fossil-fuel CO2 emissions. In addition, there are environmental impacts to producing fossil fuel
and these must be considered in whatever policies are chosen. Clearly, there are multiple
linkages in energy systems and these linkages will be prominent in the papers published.
With this introduction, we welcome you as readers and contributors to the journal, joining with
us to address one of the most important and persistent problems facing the world.
Acknowledgment
This work was partially supported by the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Office of Sequestration, Hydrogen,
and Clean Coal Fuels, through the National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, under
Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.
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