We need to stop thinking of Carbon Capture as just waste disposal. It’s indeed an Intelligent Systems problem.
The ultimate circularity challenge is managing the CO2 we’ve already emitted. As is the case of deep saline aquifers, which are our best "vaults" for storage, the real hurdle isn’t the injection, it’s predicting how that gas moves over millennia.
We are dealing with dynamic geochemical variables that require real-time 3D monitoring to ensure the containment doesn't leak. Without high-fidelity data to track plume migration, the carbon-neutral promise lacks safety at a geological timescale.
Are we investing enough in the AI-driven monitoring tech needed to make storage truly bankable? I'd love to hear from anyone working on subsurface sensor-fusion.
