Scientists have been able to pull carbon out of the air and turn it into liquid fuel. Liquid fuel is cut on the holy grail because, like with an airplane, you can fly short flights with a battery,. But you fly really long flights with the battery because the battery would weigh too much. Neal: It's one thing to replace our electricity sources with clean energy, but liquid fuel is cutting-edge technology.
What solutions exist to fix climate change? On this Earth Day, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice answer Qs about real-world solutions and aspects of climate change you might not be thinking about, with atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe, PhD.
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