Predictions of Coal, CO2 Production Flawed, Says Latest Research
Monday, July 26, 2010 - 14:21
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- The CO2 emission estimates used for government policy decisions assume unlimited coal and fossil fuel production for the next 100 years, an unrealistic premise which skews climate change models and proposed solutions, according to new research published by Tad Patzek, chair of the Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Austin.