Why Are We Spending Billions on Carbon Capture & Storage? Despite the hype, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is not a solution to the CO2 problem that has caused climate warming. Taxpayers have paid billions of dollars for research and experimental projects that subsidize the fossil-fuel industry but those projects failed to reduce CO2. Dr. Harvey discusses how these ineffective CCS projects continue to be promoted and explains the necessity of shifting to renewable energy. Charles Harvey, Ph.D., Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT. 00:30:49