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> They have presumably applied for a patent for it, so in 20 years when the patent expires this will become the standard thing to do with recovered CO2 I'd gues
by mhb 3y ago
> They have presumably applied for a patent for it, so in 20 years when the patent expires this will become the standard thing to do with recovered CO2 I'd guess.
And how many years would it have taken if a patent wasn't an incentive?
- hedora 3y agoIt’s a public university, and government funded research. so fewer?
- rayiner 3y agoThe history of everything from MIPS to BBN shows that a major piece of the puzzle is creating incentives for high caliber people to go into public university research, and then invest in commercializing the resulting technology. The government funding only provides the kickstart.