There wasn’t much on this site two years ago, and I didn’t know a much about CCS at the time.

I look forward to when your film becomes available. I will probably host a little party for people who will be very interested in the film content.

Sorry, I couldn’t find your name. You probably wanted it this way.

I’m seeking a nice picture of windmills to use on a page I’m just launching.

I’m promoting the use of windmills for a better, greener environment.

Would I have you permission to use your picture of windmills
on my page. http://MyHappyChicago.com

I’m just starting out and don’t have much money but would be happy
to send you something after this gets rolling.

I look forward to hearing.

Warmly, Mark Dean

Sorry for the delay in my response, been a bit busy.

I’ve often wondered about what the “message” of our film may be… or at least what its impact on the public may be. As an independent film, the answer to the latter will likely be “not much”, but as for the message? I’m really not sure it has a clear “call to ______”. It’s a film about a possible (albeit unlikely) event which I felt proposed unique and not-before-seen challenges for the characters. But it’s not really a film AGAINST the idea of CCS. There’s a very mild clean-tech feel towards the end. But beyond that, the film isn’t there to shout, “run from coal – go nuclear!” My GOD, I live in the shadow of a nuke plant in VT and am actively looking to move due to the constant violations, leaks and the litany of revealed cover-ups that have occurred there. A nuclear future (run by the same error/greed prone humans that have traditionally run energy companies) is not a future I’d look forward to.

If there’s any message I’d “like” for people to come away with after watching the film it’d be, “Complex technology doesn’t always work exactly as planned – there are always eventually failures – be cautious.” If you’re against coal burning, it should be because of the issues related to the criminal levels of political co-option, the environmentally horrendous extraction methods (especially post Bush 2), the processing (sludge lagoons, local air pollution), the working conditions of the men and women who work in and near the mines, and the particulates that are NOT scrubbed from the exhaust. As for the CCS itself, I think the more troubling issues are with groundwater and other issues arising from the chemical soup that is pumped into the earth along with the CO2. Blow-back itself is a trifling amusement compared to these actual and near endemic issues related to coal.

But I do agree wholeheartedly that CCS is a very stable technology. If someone’s looking for a reason to be anti-coal, I’d advise that CCS should not be anywhere near the top of their list.

I’ll let you know when CO2 becomes available. I actually found your site searching to see whether I could buy a copy from one of our EU distributors – which so far, one cannot – waiting…

Again, excellent website. I wish I’d come across it when I was researching the film 2 years ago. I had to search far and wide to locate all of what you’ve collected together here in one convenient place!

The comment was not particularly mean-spirited. It was made out of concern for all the people who have dedicated large portions of their lives identifying, characterizing, and engineering CCS sites.

People have a hard time differentiating fact from fiction. I still feel that the release of the film is premature as CCS has yet to be proven on an industrial scale. I won’t name any names, but my experience with the companies and people trying to make CCS a reality has been good so far. There is still a lot of science and engineering that needs to be done, and I do expect there will be a leak at one of the test sites at some point. Whether or not it is your intention, your movie could be a pivotal point in undermining years of research.

Realistically, a leak should not cause much of a problem, and it may even be fixable, but movies like yours could cause an over reaction by the public at the news of a leak.

I will make a point to see the film.

Thanks for the comments.