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I heard a podcast interview with Bill Gates recently on this subject, in which he identifies cement and steel as largely unsolved in terms of carbon impact. sol
by lanstin 6y ago
I heard a podcast interview with Bill Gates recently on this subject, in which he identifies cement and steel as largely unsolved in terms of carbon impact. solar and electric cars is probably good enough for residential and transport. (Kara Swisher’s Sway on 15Feb)
- whimsicalism 6y agoPrice carbon at the cost needed to offset that carbon, use the price to offset the carbon.
- Ma8ee 6y agoFossil free large scale steel plants are built in this moment: https://www.ssab.com/company/sustainability/sustainable-operations/hybrit https://www.ssab.com/company/sustainability/sustainable-oper...
- jcims 6y agoIf you read that it's mostly talking about electrification of the steel mills and mining operations. It's a required step ultimately but is only as carbon neutral as the power coming into the facility.
- Ma8ee 6y agoIt’s in Sweden, where almost all electricity already comes from renewables and nuclear. Also, the comment was a response to the claim that steel production was hard to do without fossil fuels.