What do diamonds, sunglasses, high-end lululemon sportswear and concrete have to do with climate change?
They can all be made using carbon dioxide , locking up the planet warming gas. And tech startups behind these transformations are grabbing investor attention.
"About 90% of our uptake has been from independent concrete producers large and small that are just looking for that competitive edge." All fossil-based products that could use recycled CO2 instead account for some 6.8 billion tonnes of emissions, according to a, although lead author Amar Bhardwaj said trying to swap out all of that "would be a misuse of CO2 recycling," since there are cheaper ways to reduce carbon emissions.
The biggest investment in the space this year, more than $350 million, was into Houston-based Solugen, which feeds CO2 and other ingredients to enzymes that make chemicals for stronger cement, water pipe coating and other products.
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