{"id":260505,"date":"2023-11-14T09:45:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T14:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=315124"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:40:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:40:30","slug":"combat-climate-change-by-burying-bricks-in-the-ground-bill-gates-bet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/combat-climate-change-by-burying-bricks-in-the-ground-bill-gates-bet\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting Climate Change by burying bricks in the ground: Bill Gates&#8217; bet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it comes to combating Climate Change, there are no rules to follow. Just imagination and results. Many companies are working on eliminating fossil fuels, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/why-is-texas-building-the-largest-carbon-dioxide-capturer-in-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">others on capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere<\/a>\u2026 and there&#8217;s a small startup advocating for burying bricks in the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Disney+\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/246b1fd4-6164-4c6f-9318-27e1cb587dc6\/489019137\/disney-plus-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Disney+<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/disney-plus.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/disney-plus.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graphyte, a startup backed by Breakthrough <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/microsoft-will-bet-on-nuclear-energy-to-achieve-its-goals-in-artificial-intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Energy Ventures, led by Bill Gates<\/a>, announced on Monday that it has developed <strong>an affordable, long-term strategy to store carbon, keeping it out of the atmosphere<\/strong> where it would otherwise contribute to warming the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company claims it can <strong>store carbon for less than $100 per ton, a price that the Biden administration has set as a &#8220;land-based&#8221; target<\/strong> for its climate change funding efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Introducing Graphyte, the startup that&#39;s giving a new meaning to &#39;bricking it&#39;&#8230;in a good way! ? They&#39;ve created carbon-trapping bricks that keep it out of the atmosphere, helping fight climate change. Talk about building a brighter future! ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CarbonCapture?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CarbonCapture<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Innovation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Innovation<\/a>&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Eq8XKnNvde\">pic.twitter.com\/Eq8XKnNvde<\/a><\/p>&mdash; mustafa chakmak (@Mustafachakmak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mustafachakmak\/status\/1724132453244133810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How does this organic brick technology work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphyte.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Graphyte<\/a>, based in Memphis (Tennessee), <strong>harnesses the ability of trees and plants to naturally capture carbon<\/strong> through photosynthesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company utilizes unwanted biomass, including logging and agricultural waste, and through a process called &#8220;carbon casting,&#8221; it dries and compresses the material into blocks. These blocks are stable and do not decompose, preventing the carbon from returning to the atmosphere. <strong>Graphyte claims it can store the bricks in monitored underground sites<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Big Tech Is Pouring Money Into Carbon Removal\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dRvkOFdfW7k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the company, in addition to enabling low-cost carbon removal and storage, the technology can be rapidly scaled up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another <strong>carbon storage strategy using plant-based material involves a substance similar to charcoal called biochar to retain carbon<\/strong>. Myno Carbon, based in Seattle, is one of the companies utilizing biochar as a climate solution. It will use wood waste as its raw material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/why-is-texas-building-the-largest-carbon-dioxide-capturer-in-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Other companies are building machines capable of sucking carbon from the air and either using it or storing it<\/a>, but so far, CO\u2082 extraction costs hundreds of dollars per ton.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Disney+\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/246b1fd4-6164-4c6f-9318-27e1cb587dc6\/489019137\/disney-plus-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Disney+<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/disney-plus.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/disney-plus.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company says it can store carbon for less than $100 a ton, a price the Biden administration has set as a land target.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":260508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-260505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316452,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260505\/revisions\/316452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260505"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=260505"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=260505"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=260505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}