{"683597":{"#nid":"683597","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Georgia Power quietly dug deep holes in Georgia. Here\u2019s what they found.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEach day, carbon dioxide emitted by Georgia Power\u2019s coal, oil and gas plants is released into the atmosphere, where it will stay for hundreds of years and heat the planet. Last year, the utility quietly took steps to explore an alternative. Contractors hired by Georgia Power drilled holes into the Earth\u2019s crust at three locations in rural Georgia, some more than a mile deep. Their goal? To see whether the formations below are suitable for \u201cgeologic carbon sequestration,\u201d a method that could permanently lock away the company\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECarbon capture and storage technology has its detractors, and significant environmental and cost questions around it exist. But major scientific reports have found it may be necessary to limit global warming.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/herrmann-felix\u0022\u003EFelix Herrmann\u003C\/a\u003E, a computational seismologist and professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E and the School of Computational Science and Engineering, agrees.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s not a silver bullet,\u201d Herrmann said. \u201cBut the reason why I\u2019m an advocate for this, frankly, is I think it\u2019s a bit naive to think we can switch off of oil and gas tomorrow.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEach day, carbon dioxide emitted by Georgia Power\u2019s coal, oil and gas plants is released into the atmosphere, where it will stay for hundreds of years and heat the planet. Last year, the utility quietly took steps to explore an alternative. Contractors hired by Georgia Power drilled holes into the Earth\u2019s crust at three locations in rural Georgia, some more than a mile deep. Their goal? To see whether the formations below are suitable for \u201cgeologic carbon sequestration,\u201d a method that could permanently lock away the company\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECarbon capture and storage technology has its detractors, and significant environmental and cost questions around it exist. But major scientific reports have found it may be necessary to limit global warming.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/herrmann-felix\u0022\u003EFelix Herrmann\u003C\/a\u003E, a computational seismologist and professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E and the School of Computational Science and Engineering, agrees.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s not a silver bullet,\u201d Herrmann said. \u201cBut the reason why I\u2019m an advocate for this, frankly, is I think it\u2019s a bit naive to think we can switch off of oil and gas tomorrow.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2025-08-06 17:22:32","changed_gmt":"2025-08-07 17:08:57","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Atlanta Journal Constitution","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/business\/2025\/07\/georgia-power-quietly-dug-deep-holes-in-rural-georgia-what-they-found\/","dateline":{"date":"2025-07-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-07-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"175593","name":"School  of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"187044","name":"carbon sequestration"},{"id":"192254","name":"cos-climate"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}