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7 green technologies we need to save the world

Ecology and technology need to work together for a better future

Adrien Book
Predict

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I’ve written extensively about new and future technologies over the past few years. As a strategy consultant, it’s my job to know what’s coming, how useful it might be, and make relevant recommendations.

As often as I’m asked “what technologies do we need to make money?”, I’m rarely (if ever) asked “what technologies are going to change the world for the better?”. It’s a much better question, and one we need to address quickly if we are to live as well as our parents did. Below are some answers.

1. Carbon capture and storage

What is it?

Carbon capture and storage is the process of capturing CO2 before it enters our atmosphere, transporting it, and storing it underground for the next few hundred years.

This happens generally at the industrial source, which is imperfect but cost-effective. There are many capture techniques, including absorption, adsorption, chemical looping, membrane gas separation and gas hydration. One way or another, these techniques separate harmful molecules from the gas being produced industrially.

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