Billionaires promote CO2-removing schemes to protect climate


Musk offers NetZero a million-dollar prize for its astute economic model to improve ways of sucking climate-heating carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air. — AP

The boss of NetZero still can’t believe his startup has won a million-dollar prize from Elon Musk to improve ways of sucking climate-heating carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air.

“That’ll fund a year of R&D (research and development)... or two-thirds of a factory,” Axel Reinaud told AFP.

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