This chapter humorously contrasts Mars as a 'failed version of Earth' and challenges the motivations behind humanity's quest to explore other planets. It emphasizes the importance of practical technologies in combating climate change and the need for tangible results to secure corporate investment.
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Steve Oldham of Captura, to talk about why sucking CO2 out of the air is not a bad idea (6:30), using the ocean (10:00), their contraption (11:15), whether it can be done at scale (16:45), the maths of climate solutions (19:00), paying for it (21:00), the evolution of carbon removal tech (26:00), moving to Canada from England (30:00), how the space industry is like climate (31:45), the role of regulation (34:15), raising $60m (37:45), and politics (41:30).
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