How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

like hydrogen, the fuel would be cheap and plentiful. The main type of hydrogen that’s usually used in fusion can be extracted from seawater, and there’s enough of it to meet the world’s…

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companies will respond—quite quickly, in my experience. They’ll put more money and time into making low-emissions products, which will drive down the prices of those products, which will help them get adopted in big numbers. It

Companies now had the incentive to develop larger rotors and higher-capacity machines so each turbine could produce more power, and they started selling more units.

And your flood-proofing isn’t going to generate bankable cash flows; customers aren’t going to pay extra for your products because you made sure sewage won’t back up into your basement during a flood. So banks will be reluctant to loan you the money…

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turns out the amount of methane produced by a given cow depends a lot on where the cow lives; for example, cattle in South America emit up to five times more greenhouse gases than ones in North America do, and African cattle emit even more.

To make cement, you need calcium. To get calcium, you start with limestone—which contains calcium plus carbon and oxygen—and burn it in a furnace along with some other materials. Given the presence

make things using repurposed materials.

Scientists start with a few cells drawn from a living animal, let those cells multiply, and then coax them into forming all the tissues we’re used to eating.

The best all-electric plane on the market can carry two passengers, reach a top speed of 210 miles per hour, and fly for three hours before recharging.fn3 Meanwhile, a mid-capacity Boeing 787 can carry 296 passengers, reach up to 650 miles an hour, and fly for nearly 20 hours before stopping for fuel.15 In other words, a fossil-fuel-powered jetline

we invent ways to get even more energy from a given amount of sunlight or wind.