Solution for decarbonizing – Turning carbon-dioxide into concrete, fuels...

The project worth nearly EUR 4 million carried out by the University of Michigan aims to reduce emission of carbon-dioxide by a tenth by 2030.

For a successful decarbonizing, gas should be turned into useful products, researchers at this American university point out.

They intend to “transform” 4 billion tons of harmful compounds into concrete, fuels or carbon fibers in the next twenty years.

The Americans are working on a technology that would “extract” carbon-dioxide from the air and then transform it into useable goods. The next step would be to perfect the use of carbon-based products made this way widespread.

Volker Sick, a representative of the research team from the University of Michigan, said that their vision was to transform the liability of carbon dioxide emissions into an economic opportunity.

– We believe innovations in carbon dioxide removal and utilization technologies can generate a carbon-negative, dollar-positive effect that will reduce emission footprints while generating billions of dollars of economic activity in the decades ahead – Sick said.

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