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The Carbon Capture Fantasy

The Carbon Capture Fantasy

The IPCC says we may need to pull carbon out of the atmosphere to keep the planet from overheating. That won’t be easy.

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December 17, 202123m 18s

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Show Notes

Using experimental technology to pull gigatons of carbon out of the air and bury it deep beneath the Earth sounds like a bad sci-fi plot point. If things don’t change soon, it also might be one of our only options.


Guest: Clive Thompson, journalist and author of Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World


Host: Lizzie O’Leary


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