{"id":190865,"date":"2024-06-09T04:26:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T09:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/bill-gates-backed-startup-creates-lego-like-brick-that-can-store-air-pollution-for-centuries-a-milestone-for-affordably-removing-carbon-dioxide-from-the-air"},"modified":"2024-06-09T04:26:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T09:26:59","slug":"bill-gates-backed-startup-creates-lego-like-brick-that-can-store-air-pollution-for-centuries-a-milestone-for-affordably-removing-carbon-dioxide-from-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/bill-gates-backed-startup-creates-lego-like-brick-that-can-store-air-pollution-for-centuries-a-milestone-for-affordably-removing-carbon-dioxide-from-the-air","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates-backed startup creates Lego-like brick that can store air pollution for centuries: \u2018A milestone for affordably removing carbon dioxide from the air\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aL2kgDgkFss?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The pipe dream of carbon capture is one step closer to reality thanks to a Bill Gates-backed startup that is burying bricks made from plants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-solutions\/2023\/11\/13\/carbon-removal-graphyte-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a> detailed a \u201cdeceptively simple\u201d procedure by Graphyte to sequester blocks of wood chips and rice hulls, calling it \u201ca game-changer\u201d for the industry, which has been held back by the cost ineffectiveness of other methods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe approach, the company claims, could store a ton of CO2 for around $100 a ton, a number long considered a milestone for affordably removing carbon dioxide from the air,\u201d the outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-solutions\/2023\/11\/13\/carbon-removal-graphyte-company\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pipe dream of carbon capture is one step closer to reality thanks to a Bill Gates-backed startup that is burying bricks made from plants. The Washington Post detailed a \u201cdeceptively simple\u201d procedure by Graphyte to sequester blocks of wood chips and rice hulls, calling it \u201ca game-changer\u201d for the industry, which has been held [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,1506,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-food","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}