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Technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the air: A reality check

MIT study finds that many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of “direct air capture” technology and therefore may not bring about the promised reduction in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
November 4, 2024 MITEI
Two absorber units at Climeworks' direct air capture and storage plant, Orca.

'It symbolises rugged individualism': The bumpy road to electrify the pickup truck

Jessika Trancik (Institute for Data, Systems, and Society) discusses the future of EVs and her research lab’s online tool, Carboncounter, that analyzes the climate impact of different vehicles: “A shift to an electric vehicle is one of the single most impactful decisions that someone can make if they want to reduce their own emissions.”
October 30, 2024 In the media BBC

Why aren’t we driving hydrogen powered cars yet? There’s a reason EVs won.

MITEI Senior Research Scientist Sergey Paltsev weighs in on the roadblocks facing hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle adoption, stating "The answer is very simple: economics." Among other factors, the lack of fueling infrastructure is keeping these vehicles behind their electric counterparts.
October 30, 2024 In the media Popular Science

Ensuring a durable transition

Progress on the energy transition depends on collective action benefiting all stakeholders, agreed participants in MITEI’s annual research conference.
October 22, 2024 MITEI

What is ‘energy poverty’—and why does it keep getting so much worse?

A new MITEI-funded study found that a disproportionate number of people in the southern United States experience energy poverty—when over 6% of a household’s income is spent on energy. “As the climate warms, we’re going to need to use more and more energy on air-conditioning, and that’s going to increase the burden on low-income households,” states co-author Christopher Knittel (MIT Sloan).
October 17, 2024 In the media Fast Company

Nuclear power for AI: What it will take to reopen Three Mile Island safely

On the reopening of Three Mile Island, a former nuclear power plant now being considered as a power source for artificial intelligence, Jacopo Buongiorno (Nuclear Science and Engineering) states: “It’s further confirmation of the value of nuclear, and, if the deal is right—if the price is right—then it makes business sense, as well.”
October 11, 2024 In the media Nature

Three Mile Island owner seeks taxpayer backing for Microsoft AI deal

The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant may be restarted so its electricity can be sold to Microsoft to power data centers. “We want Microsoft to buy their electricity from zero-carbon energy sources instead of from coal plants, so it is in the interest of all of us that this nuclear power plant gets reopened,” states John Parsons (MIT Sloan).
October 11, 2024 In the media Washington Post

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