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ASU KEDtalk: Carbon is a terrible thing to waste


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November 15, 2017

Like throwing trash into the street, each year we pump tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Klaus Lackner has developed technology poised to collect and reuse our carbon while cleaning the air. Popular Science magazine named the carbon capture technology developed by Lackner and his colleagues, and commercialized by Silicon Kingdom Holdings, as a top technology of 2019.


Want to learn more? See our Q&A with Lackner and take a peek inside his lab to learn how his technology works.

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