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Carbon capture technology, explained

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For the engineers who work on carbon removal at a large scale, the dream is to devise a closed-loop system in which the carbon released could be treated as a commodity or resource, rather than a waste product. Now, a Canada-based company called Carbon Engineering is turning this dream into a reality, using cutting-edge carbon capture technology called "direct air capture" to clean the air.

There's a real danger to thinking of carbon removal as the single, or even the main, solution to the climate crisis.

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