3 Kinds of Carbon Capture Projects:

There are three kinds of carbon capture projects, CCS, EOR and CO2 mineralization. CCS is  short for "carbon capture and storage" and EOR is short for "enhanced oil recovery." Both CCS  and EOR aim to capture CO2 from industrial emission sources, pressurize it into a "dense phase" fluid, then pump it deep underground, hoping it will stay there forever. The  difference between CCS and EOR is that EOR projects use the captured CO2 to flush more oil  out of depleted oil fields for commercial use, a process that releases two to five tons of CO2  into the atmosphere for every ton of CO2 buried in the ground, thus making the climate  emergency worse. The third option captures CO2 from the  atmosphere ("direct air capture," or DAC) and combines it with minerals, turning it into  stone, keeping it out of the atmosphere permanently. 

The ultimate purpose of CCS and EOR is to allow the fossil fuel corporations to continue  burning coal and oil while burnishing the industry's image as climate-friendly. Nothing could  be further from the truth. See here and see here. The test for any new climate-related technology is, will it  permanently reduce the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere and ocean? CCS and EOR  fail that test. 

The Achilles' Heel of carbon capture is the extensive network of dangerous, expensive high pressure pipelines needed to transport CO2 from point of capture to point of burial. Stopping CO2 pipelines would stop CCS and EOR. Citizens who favor climate justice solutions, not CCS or EOR, can help assure that young people have a future by supporting pipeline fighters.