Suara.com – Vice presidential candidate number 2 Gibran Rakabuming Raka attracted a lot of attention in the 2024 presidential candidate debate held by the KPU at the JCC, Central Newsdelivers.com, Friday (22/12/2023) last night. In the debate event which also featured vice presidential candidates Muhaiman Iskandar alias Cak Imin and Mahfud MD, Gibran asked questions in the form of abbreviations or foreign terms.
Gibran asked vice presidential candidate number 1, Cak Imin, about how to boost Indonesia’s ranking in SGIE. Apart from that, there is also the term Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) which Gibran asked the vice presidential candidate number 3, Mahfud MD. So what are SGIE and CCS Gibran’s ‘killer’ questions for his debate opponents? Check out the following explanation.
What is SGIE?
Vice Presidential Candidate Number Two Gibran Rakabuming Raka (right) clashes ideas with Vice Presidential Candidate Number One Muhaimin Iskandar (left) in the inaugural 2024 Vice Presidential Debate at JCC Senayan Newsdelivers.com, Friday (22/12/2023). (Suara.com/Alfian Winanto)
SGIE is an abbreviation for State of the Global Islamic Economy. The correct pronunciation of SGIE is ES JI AI I, not ES GE I E. Gibran’s pronunciation of calling SGIE ES GE IE has become controversial and even trending X.
SGIE is an annual report on the world halal economy compiled and published by DinarStandard. For your information, DinarStandard is a growth strategy research and execution management company that empowers organizations to achieve profitable and responsible global impact.
SGIE has been produced until its 9th edition with the title ‘The Global Islamic Economy Indicator’. In short, the Islamic economic situation depicted in SGIE represents beverage and food products, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, fashion, media and recreation, to finance. Everything is sharia based.
The 9th edition of SGIE published in 2022 reported that Muslims around the world spent around US$2 trillion in 2021 on shopping across the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, fashion, travel and media sectors.
There was growth of 8.9 percent throughout the year and consumption figures could rise to US$2.8 trillion by 2025. The figures are even higher in Islamic finance, which is estimated to reach US$4.9 trillion in 2025.
Malaysia leads SGIE with investment in the Islamic economic sector reaching US$25.7 billion in 2020-2021. Meanwhile, Indonesia is ranked 2nd in the halal food category.
Indonesia is also ranked 3rd in Islamic fashion and 9th in the halal pharmaceutical and cosmetics category. Overall, Indonesia is in 4th position in SGIE 2022.
Indonesia’s position is considered central in the world of Islamic-based economic power with growth in the halal food sector. Moreover, improvements are being made in the halal certification process through digitalization.
Apa Itu Carbon Capture and Storage?
Vice presidential candidate number two Gibran Rakabuming Raka gave a presentation in the inaugural 2024 Cawapres debate at JCC Senayan Newsdelivers.com, Friday (22/12/2023). (Suara.com/Alfian Winanto)
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is a system that integrates CO2 capture from large emission sources, CO2 transport, usually through pipelines and CO2 injection into geological storage locations. In simple terms, CCS is a technology used to capture carbon which, if released, would become emissions. After that, it is moved to a certain geological location to be confined so that it can reduce the level of pollution.
Several countries have announced they will undertake CCS projects to curb pollution. However, this project is still being carried out on a limited scale due to the high costs required and technology that is still developing and not yet fully mature.
Today the United States is a leader in CCS technology and implementation. A number of countries that have implemented CCS include the UK, Australia, Norway, the Netherlands and Indonesia, according to EIC Energy Focus data.
Specifically, CCS technology has 3 main stages, namely:
1) Capture
Capture refers to the initial stage of CO2 separation either from the fuel or from combustion exhaust gases. The captured CO2 is then compressed into a liquid or supercritical fluid, ready to be transported. The capture stage is the most expensive stage of CCS and therefore there is still a lot of research being carried out to reduce costs.
2) Transport (Transportation)
In most cases, a CO2 capture plant may not be located next to a suitable CO2 storage site. Therefore CO2 needs to be transported which usually uses special pipes. Barging and shipping operations are also recommended to deliver CO2 to storage locations. CO2 transportation using dedicated pipeline networks has been implemented in the oil and gas industry, generally to support EOR operations.
3) Storage
The gas is compressed to a supercritical state where its density is similar to that of water. The supercritical CO2 is then injected in a ‘sediment basin’, where it will be stored indefinitely. This basin must be porous and have good permeability so as to allow the storage of large amounts of CO2. This also encourages the spread of the injected CO2 throughout the rock formation.
Contributor: Trias Rohmadoni