U.S. investing billions in carbon-sucking vacuums to combat climate change - CBS News
U.S. investing billions in carbon-sucking vacuums to combat climate change - CBS News
U.S. investing billions in carbon-sucking vacuums to combat climate change
The Biden administration is investing over $1 billion on a new technology aimed at sucking out greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere. Evan Halper, a business reporter for The Washington Post, explains how the devices, known as "direct air capture" vacuums, could potentially help combat climate change.
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The federal government is investing heavily in the development of carbon capture and storage (or sequestration), which offers the enticing prospect of preventing carbon dioxide emissions produced during combustion from entering the atmosphere and contributing to climate change. But the technologies involved, while proven, remain expensive, an obstacle to widespread adoption.