Why Terminology Matters for Successful Rollout of Carbon Dioxide Utilization Technologies
To realize their full sustainability potential, carbon dioxide utilization technologies (carbon capture and utilization/CCU) presently require policy support. Consequently, they require acceptance among a variety of stakeholders in industry, policy making, and in the public sphere alike. While CO2 u...
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| description | To realize their full sustainability potential, carbon dioxide utilization technologies (carbon capture and utilization/CCU) presently require policy support. Consequently, they require acceptance among a variety of stakeholders in industry, policy making, and in the public sphere alike. While CO2 utilization is already a topic of discourse among these stakeholders, there is a lack of common terminology to describe such technologies. On the contrary: The present article shows that terminology in the field of CO2 utilization technologies is currently used inconsistently, and that different designations such as CCU, CCUS, or CDR convey different meanings and contexts. These ambiguities may cause communication problems with regard to policy making, funding proposals, and especially in public discourse. In order to initiate and accompany a goal-oriented and knowledge-based debate on CO2 utilization technologies in the future, actors in the field are asked to question their own choices of terminology and to assess its accuracy. Acronyms and technical abbreviations are the chief cause of potential misunderstandings, and so should be avoided whenever possible or else include a brief explanation. Consistent and precise use of terminology will facilitate transparent dialogue concerning CO2 utilization in the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bdb5857b36f748b08fd9128006c935322022-12-22T03:23:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Climate2624-95532022-05-01410.3389/fclim.2022.830660830660Why Terminology Matters for Successful Rollout of Carbon Dioxide Utilization TechnologiesBarbara Olfe-Kräutlein0Katy Armstrong1Michele Mutchek2Michele Mutchek3Lorenzo Cremonese4Volker Sick5Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, GermanyUniversity of Sheffield, Sheffield, United KingdomNational Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesNational Energy Technology Laboratory Support Contractor, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesInstitute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, GermanyUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesTo realize their full sustainability potential, carbon dioxide utilization technologies (carbon capture and utilization/CCU) presently require policy support. Consequently, they require acceptance among a variety of stakeholders in industry, policy making, and in the public sphere alike. While CO2 utilization is already a topic of discourse among these stakeholders, there is a lack of common terminology to describe such technologies. On the contrary: The present article shows that terminology in the field of CO2 utilization technologies is currently used inconsistently, and that different designations such as CCU, CCUS, or CDR convey different meanings and contexts. These ambiguities may cause communication problems with regard to policy making, funding proposals, and especially in public discourse. In order to initiate and accompany a goal-oriented and knowledge-based debate on CO2 utilization technologies in the future, actors in the field are asked to question their own choices of terminology and to assess its accuracy. Acronyms and technical abbreviations are the chief cause of potential misunderstandings, and so should be avoided whenever possible or else include a brief explanation. Consistent and precise use of terminology will facilitate transparent dialogue concerning CO2 utilization in the future.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2022.830660/fullcarbon dioxide removal (CDR)terminologyglossarycarbon capture and utilization (CCU)carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) |
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| title | Why Terminology Matters for Successful Rollout of Carbon Dioxide Utilization Technologies |
| title_full | Why Terminology Matters for Successful Rollout of Carbon Dioxide Utilization Technologies |
| title_fullStr | Why Terminology Matters for Successful Rollout of Carbon Dioxide Utilization Technologies |
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| title_short | Why Terminology Matters for Successful Rollout of Carbon Dioxide Utilization Technologies |
| title_sort | why terminology matters for successful rollout of carbon dioxide utilization technologies |
| topic | carbon dioxide removal (CDR) terminology glossary carbon capture and utilization (CCU) carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) |
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