From the Editorial Board: We need more efficient use of carbon-emitting fuels, greater conservation and technological advances on multiple fronts. Central Illinois can and should play an important part in the solution.
A mainline valve of the Dakota Access pipeline is seen at sunrise in December 2019, in a cornfield in Brown County in western Illinois.
The solution may lie far under the Earth’s surface in the unique geology of what’s known as the Illinois Basin., the state sits atop an expanse of porous sandstone covered with layers of shale. This naturally occurring rock formation is ideal for “carbon capture,” a technology still in its infancy that aims to take a substance that otherwise would be released into the atmosphere and instead bury it deep underground. The sandstone would absorb it and the shale would keep it in place, permanently.
This is especially timely because last year’s Inflation Reduction Act significantly increases the federal funding for carbon capture, via grants and state incentives as well as a big boost in the credits per ton for storing carbon dioxide underground. Illinois already is crisscrossed with pipelines because they are the most efficient and safest method for transporting oil and similar liquid commodities. Using trucks or rail cars results in more serious accidents, and more pollution, at a higher cost. While safety always should be the No. 1 consideration, pipelines like the one under consideration for Illinois pose less risk than alternatives: Just ask the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, recently assaulted by chemicals from a train wreck.
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