Direct Air Capture Is Not the Silver Bullet

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direct air capture is the best type of carbon removal technology that we have at the moment. But it currently costs a lot more than $200 for ClimbWorks to remove a ton of carbon. The company has to charge its clients much higher prices, in some cases as much as $1,100 a ton. Coldplay signed up to offset carbon emissions from their latest tour but most companies and rock bands can't afford ClimbWorks prices.

Direct air carbon capture - taking carbon dioxide straight out of the air around us - sounds like science fiction. In this episode of Tech Tonic Pilita Clark visits Iceland to meet the engineers and scientists at the forefront of this new tech. Can carbon capture scale up quick enough to have an impact on climate change, or is it just an excuse to allow fossil fuel companies and emitters to keep polluting?

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Tech Tonic is presented by Pilita Clark. Edwin Lane is senior producer. Produced by Josh Gabert-Doyon. Executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Sound design by Breen Turner and Samantha Giovinco, with original music from Metaphor Music. The FT’s head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.

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