Originally Posted by saudiflares

Isn't the zero carbon clap trap just a front for Masdar's real purpose - buying carbon generated from African power stations which is then injected into the ground to make oil extraction easier?

Or is that a far too simplistic cynacism?

Originally Posted by csdf

I think you're conflating two separate things: carbon credits, and CO2 injection. Masdar may give the UAE some carbon credits which it can trade, but I really doubt it's going to build a 6000km pipeline to Nigeria to bring CO2 here for reinjection.

Originally Posted by Millhouse

So many reasons, but in a nut shell:

- They don't perform well in the heat. Employ 10,000 TCNs to fan them.
- Sand. Employ another 10,000 TCNs to wipe them clean.
- Diffused light (look up, the sky is never blue and clear and the light is 'diffused'). Employ a further 10,000 TCNs with magnifying glasses.
- Damn expensive - upfront capital costs c. 6-7x more expensive. Tax oil.
- Oil is cheap. Tax oil.
- No storage. AAAs.