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Cement literally serves as a building block for our ever-growing world, but it’s taking a steep toll on the environment.
Cement and its end product concrete accounts for 7 per cent of global carbon emissions, with emissions from the industry expected to rise by 4 per cent globally by 2050, according to the International Energy Agency. Indeed, Bill Gates, the tech tycoon that’s now focused on resolving environmental issues, calls concrete among the “hardest” products to decarbonize.
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Geothermal technology has enormous potential to power the planet and Fervo wants to tap it
Tapping the geothermal energy stored beneath the Earth’s surface as a way to generate renewable power is one of the new visions for the future that’s captured the attention of environmentalists and oil and gas engineers alike.
That’s because it’s not only a way to generate power that doesn’t rely on greenhouse gas emitting hydrocarbons, but because it uses the same skillsets and expertise that the oil and gas industry has been honing and refining for years.
At least that’s what drew the former completion engineer (it’s not what it sounds like) Tim Latimer to the industry and to launch Fervo Energy, the Houston-based geothermal tech developer that’s picked up funding from none other than Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures (that fund… is so busy) and former eBay executive, Jeff Skoll’s Capricorn Investment Group.
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Caption: The first webinar in a two-part series aimed at giving members of the MIT community the opportunity to learn about and offer their thoughts on the benefits and challenges of working in collaboration with other organizations was held last month. Credits: Image: Kelley Travers/MIT Energy Initiative
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MIT is committed to driving the transition to a low-carbon world, throwing the full weight of its research forces into transformative technologies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But “MIT can’t solve climate change alone,” said Maria T. Zuber, MIT s vice president for research and the E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, speaking at a virtual symposium in late March.
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