Australia scientists propose to bury "greenhouse" gases

SYDNEY, AUG 16: Australian scientists are working on a plan to reduce "greenhouse" gases in the atmosphere by injecting excess q...

SYDNEY, AUG 16: Australian scientists are working on a plan to reduce "greenhouse" gases in the atmosphere by injecting excess quantities of carbon dioxide deep underground.

"There is a growing view that geological disposal of carbon dioxide(Co2) could be one of the most environmentally acceptable ways to halt the rapid rise of Co2 emissions without adversely impacting on economic development," said Peter Cook of the Australian Petroleum Cooperative Research Centre.

"At this stage it appears possible to securely store Co2 underground for thousands of years," Cook, the executive director of the joint industry-government body, said on Wednesday.

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The proposal, based on a project called Glad-Rock 1, is focused on the rapidly industrialising Gladstone-Rockhampton region on the East coast of the state of Queensland.

The project combines the research expertise of the APCRC and the government’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and is due to start later this year.

The Co2 emissions to be captured and disposed of would come from burgeoning industries and power plants in the Gladstone-Rockhampton region.

"In many cases we are just putting the Co2 back where it came from," Cook said in a news release.

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