Commentary on Sequestering Atmospheric CO2 Inorganically: A Solution for Malaysia’s CO2 Emission

The commentary questions the basis behind an article on accounting and calculating inorganic carbon sequestration services for Malaysia. We point out the omission of coastal vegetated ecosystems. We also bring the author’s attention to the problems of using a seemingly resultant chemistry within ope...

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Published inGeosciences (Basel) Vol. 9; no. 2; p. 90
Main Authors Gallagher, John, Nilamani, Nithiyaa, Zanuri, Norlaila
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.02.2019
Subjects
blue carbon
Carbon
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide atmospheric concentrations
Carbon dioxide emissions
Carbon dioxide fixation
Carbon sequestration
Chemistry
Climate change
Conflicts of interest
Earth science
Ecosystem services
Emissions
Geological time
Geology
Inorganic carbon
inorganic carbon sequestration
Manufacturing industry
Mitigation
Open systems
Sequestering
sequestration services
Malaysia
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Summary:The commentary questions the basis behind an article on accounting and calculating inorganic carbon sequestration services for Malaysia. We point out the omission of coastal vegetated ecosystems. We also bring the author’s attention to the problems of using a seemingly resultant chemistry within open systems, in which reactive species come from external sources. In addition, we point out that ecosystem services in the mitigation of climate change must be referenced against a manufacturing process, such as cement’s normal lifetime of carbon dioxide sequestration. Without such a reference state, sequestration services may be severely overestimated and when used within a cap and trade system, it will lead to an increased rate of carbon dioxide emissions.
ISSN:2076-3263
2076-3263
DOI:10.3390/geosciences9020090