Elon Musk to offer $100 million prize for ‘best’ carbon capture tech

Elon Musk on Thursday took to Twitter to promise a $100 million prize for development of the “best” technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions.

Capturing planet-warming emissions is becoming a critical part of many plans to keep climate change in check, but very little progress has been made on the technology to date, with efforts focused on cutting emissions rather than taking carbon out of the air.

The International Energy Agency said late last year that a sharp rise in the deployment of carbon capture technology was needed if countries are to meet net-zero emissions targets.

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Source: Elon Musk to offer $100 million prize for ‘best’ carbon capture tech | Reuters

That’s the second good thing he’s done in two weeks. Who knew he had it in him?

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