in fact, you could put it in some of the cleanest parts of the world. i ve come to switzerland to, look at an exciting and relatively new way to clean up the planet s atmosphere, and it is being pioneered right here. climeworks is one of the companies hoping the answer to the great carbon clean up is in the thin air around us. these huge intake fans called collectors are sucking in the air from around them and they are taking out the c02, and because c02 is around us everywhere, you can place these, well, pretty much anywhere on the planet they can be cleaning up the environment. natalie casas leads the team here. she moved from carbon capture to direct air capture after seeing expensive projects scrapped because of their cost. so we have a 2 stage process.
despite concerted efforts over the past two decades, really, it has not taken off as a successful, economically viable technology at commercial scales, and that s because it s very costly you know, you cannot fit carbon capture to the exhaust pipes of cars, for example, you know, the technologyjust is not downscalable to that sort of size. so now, another way to capture carbon is gaining ground, one that does not have to be where the pollution is created. in fact, you could put it in some of the cleanest parts of the world. i ve come to switzerland to, look at an exciting and relatively new way to clean up the planet s atmosphere, and it is being pioneered right here. climeworks is one of the companies hoping the answer to the great carbon clean up is in the thin air around us. these huge intake fans called
and relatively new way to clean up the planet s atmosphere, and it is being pioneered right here. climeworks is one of the companies hoping the answer to the great carbon clean up is in the thin air around us. these huge intake fans called collectors are sucking in the air from around them and they are taking out the c02, and because c02 is around us everywhere, you can place these, well, pretty much anywhere on the planet they can be cleaning up the environment. natalie casas leads the team here. she moved from carbon capture to direct air capture after seeing expensive projects scrapped because of their cost. so we have a 2 stage process. in the first stage, we blow air through. c02 sticks on the material, they are purified air so air without c02 or with very little c02 leaves the box.
where the pollution is created. in fact, you could put it in some of the cleanest parts of the world. i ve come to switzerland to, look at an exciting and relatively new way to clean up the planet s atmosphere, and it is being pioneered right here. climeworks is one of the companies hoping the answer to the great carbon clean up is in the thin air around us. these huge intake fans called collectors are sucking in the air from around them and they are taking out the c02, and because c02 is around us everywhere, you can place these, well, pretty much anywhere on the planet they can be cleaning up the environment. natalie casas leads the team here. she moved from carbon capture to direct air capture after seeing expensive projects scrapped because of their cost. so we have a 2 stage process.
these huge intake fans called collectors are sucking in the air from around them and they re taking out the co2, and because co2 is around us everywhere, you can place these, well, pretty much anywhere on the planet. they can be cleaning up the environment. natalie casas leads the team here. she moved from carbon capture to direct air capture after seeing expensive projects scrapped because of their cost. so we have a 2 stage process. in the first stage, we blow air through. co2 sticks on the material, they are purified air so air without co2 or with very little co2 leaves the box. when the filter s full, we close the door and start heating. we heat up the collector up to 100 degrees, co2 is released and we take it out. once the filters are cleaned, the carbon capture can start all over again.