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The Conversation

Removing CO2 from the atmosphere through a process known as “scrubbing” has been much vaunted as a way to slow the onset of climate change. But new research from MIT, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, shows scrubbing is not only extremely expensive, it could also increase emissions.

Over-the-Top Climate Rhetoric « NoFrakkingConsensus

Well I’m one woman who isn’t as naive she used to be. I’ve learned that carbon dioxide – which is now routinely referred to as poison and pollution – is what every newborn babe exhales with every breath. It’s what bread dough emits as it rises. It’s what soft drink manufacturers use to carbonate the beverages that households consume by the litre every week of every year.

Microsoft Co-Founder To Build Giant Plane To Launch People, Cargo Into Space « CBS Seattle

Their new plane will have a wingspan of 380 feet, longer than a football field. The plane will carry under its belly a space capsule with its own booster rocket, take off from a runway and go high into the air. Then the plane will release the spaceship, which will rocket to orbit.

...The spaceship and booster will be provided by another Internet tycoon, Elon Musk of PayPal, who has built a successful commercial rocket.

Rutan will build the carrier aircraft, which will use six 747 engines. The company will bill its method of getting to space as “any orbit, any time,” officials said.