A reader (who works, as I do, at Stanford) follows up on the point made by a previous reader. If you have a moment, take a look at his links. Amazing stuff:

Indeed, people are working on ways to combat greenhouse gas emissions right here in your own backyard. Ironically—or sensibly, depending on your perspective—some of that work is being conducted by the Department of Petroleum Engineering:

http://ekofisk.stanford.edu/supric.html

http://gcep.stanford.edu/

Obviously Stanford is not alone in this.