WELCOME
WELCOME BACK. TIME NOW FOR DAY RIGHT NOW
WE'RE JOINED BY YALE'S VERY OWN
CHAIR OF EARTH AND PLANETARY
SCIENCES PROFESSOR DAD
BERCOVICI.
BERCOVICI. PROFESSO, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US THIS MORNING.
IN JUST A MOMENT WE'RE GOING TO
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A GRANT
YOU'RE RECEIVING.
YOU'RE RECEIVING. BUT FIRST OF ALL, TELL US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CENTER FOR
NATURAL CARBON CAPTURE AND WHAT
YOU GUYS DO THERE.
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>>
>> SURE.
SURE.
SURE. WELL, I MEAN IT ACTUALLY
DOESN'T EXIST YET SINCE WE JUST
GOT THE GIFT FOR THIS.
BUT THIS ACTUALLY BUILDS ON A
LOT OF DIFFERENT RESEARCH
THAT'S ALREADY KIND OF GOING ON
A TRIP ACROSS A BUNCH
OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND
THE IDEA OF THAT BEING NATURAL
CARBON CAPTURE, I CAN THINK
OF IT AS JUST TRYING TO GET THE
EARTH TO DO WHAT IT DOES
NATURALLY ANYWAY BUT JUST TRY
TO MAYBE DO IT FASTER.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE FACING
OF COURSE IS THAT
CARBON CAPTURE IS SORT OF ONE
APPROACH THAT WE NEED TO DO TO
OF COURSE DEAL WITH THE ISSUE
OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
I MEAN MOST PROJECTIONS SHOW
THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE
CARBON CAPTURE IN ADDITION TO
REDUCING EMISSIONS AND SORT
OF BETTER ENERGY PRACTICES,
WE'RE SORT OF FACING A FUTURE
THAT THIS PLANET HASN'T SEEN
FOR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SEVA
MILLION YEARS DURING THE TIME
THAT OUR SPECIES WOULD NOT HAVE
FARED SO WELL.
SO YOU KNOW, NATURAL
CARBON CAPTURE WT THE EARTH
DOES NATURAL COURSE TWO WAYS
WHICH IS BIOLOGICAL.
ONCE PEOPLE ARE USED TO THE
IDEA OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS, YOU
KNOW, YOUR PLANTS DRAWING DOWN
CO2, TURNING CO2 WITH WATER TO
SUGAR EVENTUALLY THAT BECOMES
THINGS THAT WE EAT OR IT'S
BURIED IN THE GROUND.
YOU KNOW, AFTER MILLIONS
OF YEARS MIGHT BE MADE IT'S
TURNED INTO FOSS FUELS WHICH
WE'RE THEN BURNING LIKE CRAZY.
BUT THE CELL OF COURSE THERE'S
ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO
FORESTS BETTER MANAGEMENT
FORESTS, AGRICULTURE SOILS,
MARSHLANDS TRYING TO GET IF YOU
JUST AREN'T CHOPPING DOWN
FOREST SO RAPIDLY.
THAT'S OF COURSE ONE WAY
OF CAPTURING CARBON AND THAT'S
A VERY RAPID DRAWDOWN OF CO2
OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND
PROBABLY THE MOST RAPID VERSION
OF DRAWING ON CO2 AND TRYING TO
DO THAT WITHOUT ACTUALLY THEN
LOSING IT BACK TO THE
ATMOSPHERE FOR EXAMPLE THROUGH
DEKAY OR FOREST FIRES, YOU
KNOW, IS A NATURAL WAY
OF ACTUALLY DOING
CARBON CAPTU AND ALSO TRYING
TO USE DIFFERENT PHOTOSYNTHETIC
SYSTEMS.
SYSTEMS.
SYSTEMS. THERE'S MORE THAN ONE THE ONE
THAT PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY LESS
FAMILIAR WITH IS WE CALL
GEOLOGICAL CAPTURE.
GEOLOGICAL CAPTURE. THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE MOST
OF THE CARBON ON THE PLANET IS.
IT'S BASICALLY WHERE CO2
DISSOLVED IN WATER REACTS WITH
MINERALS A LOT OF SORT
OF VOLCANIC MINERAL STUFF YOU
MIGHT SEE WHERE YOU'RE THINKING
OF HAWAIIAN LAVA FLOWS AND
REALITIES AND EVENTUALLY WINDS
UP MAKING CARBONATES I MEAN
CARBONATES OR THINGS LIKE CHALK
FOR A CHALKBOARD OR MARBLE AND
MOST OF THE CARBON ON THE
PLANET IS ACTUALLY STORED THAT
WAY AND IT'S EFFICIENT IN THAT
YOU CAN'T JUST BURN ROCK
BASICALLY IT ONCE IT STARTED
START FOREVER AND IT'S A
MASSIVE RESERVOIR.
MASSIVE RESERVOIR. I MEAN TRYING TO STORE ALL THE
CARBON ON THE PLANET THAT WE'RE
EMITTING THROUGH FOSSIL FUEL
BURNING JUST TRYING TO HIDE IT
IN THE FORESTS AND THE
BIOSPHERE IS REALL DFL
IN THE FORESTS AND THE IOSPHERE IS REALL DFL
IN THE FORESTS AND THE DO.PHERE IS REALL DFL
I MEAN IT
JUST
JUST TOO
JUST TOO MUCH OF IT.
OF IT.
OF IT. >>
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>> THE
>> THE BIOSPHERE IS NOT THAT BIG
BUT IT'S A DROP IN THE BUCKET
WHEN IT COMES TO THE GEOLOGIC.
YEAH, YEAH.
YEAH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. SO THE UNIVERSITY RECENL
RI THS 100 MILI
SO THE UNIVERSITY RECENL RI THS 100 MILIOR GRA FRO FEDE
SO THIS IS BASICALLY GOING T
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>>
>> YEP,
>> YEP, EXACTLY
YEP, EXACTLY I MEAN WE ACTUALLY HAVE YOU
KNO, A LOT OF WORK GOING ON
KNOW THE SCHOOL OFTH
ENROE
KNOW THE SCHOOL OFTH MY OE
KNOW THE SCHOOL OFTH MY GOOD BUDDY AD BE WHO'
DEAN THERE AND I BCAY
MY GOOD BUDDY AD BE WHO' A EAN THERE AND I BCAY
MY GOOD BUDDY AD BE WHO' A SORT HERE AND I BCAY
MY GOOD BUDDY AD BE WHO' A SORT OF E AND I BCAY
MY GOOD BUDDY AD BE WHO' A SORT OF BEEN I BCAY
MY GOOD BUDDY AD BE WHO' A SORT OF BEEN YU BCAY
MY GOOD BUDDY AD BE WHO' A SORT OF BEEN YU KNAY
WIT A LOT OF HELP FROM
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PHIT.
PHIT.
PHIT. YOU
PHIT. YOU KNOW, THERE A OTHE ONE
FR ENGINEGHS
FR ENGINEGHS EC, EVOLUTIR BIOL
FR ENGINEGHS SO EVOLUTIR BIOL
FR ENGINEGHS SO YEAH.UTIR BIOL
SO THIS IS GOING TO START A NEW
CENTER.
CENTER.
CENTER. ALLOW US TO HIRE PEOPLE, HIRE
NEW SCIENTISTS, BRING IN MORE
SORT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.
SO IT'S SORT OF AMBITIOUS
APPROACH TO DO YOU KNOW WHAT A
LOT OF OTHER PLACES ARE DOING
AND SORT OF HAVING US JOIN A
YOU KNOW, KIND OF A GLOBAL
COMMUNITY OF OF LABS AND
UNIVERSITIES TO TRY ADDRESS
THIS PROBLEM.
THIS PROBLEM. >>
>>
>> SO
>> SO IT'LL BE EXCITING TIMES IN
THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH. AND
YEAH. AND FEDEX SAYS THEY'RE TRYING
ACHIEVE CARBON NEUTRAL
OPERATIONS BY THE YEAR 20 40.
ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO TRY AND
HELP THEM DO THAT THROUGH THE
CENTER?
CENTER?
CENTER? >>
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>> YEAH,
>> YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S DEFINITELY
ONE OF THE TARGETS.
I MEAN IT'S YOU KNOW, AVIATION
PUTS OUT ABOUT A GIGATON
OF CARBON, YOU KNOW, ONE
BILLION TONS OF CARBON A YEAR.
I MEAN THAT'S NOT THAT'S
ACTUALLY SMALL RELATIVE TO
EVERYTHING THAT'S PUT OUT BY
SOLAR POWER AND TRANSPORTATION
AND BUILDING.
AND BUILDING. BUT HITTING THAT TARGET FIRST
WOULD BE GREAT AND I THINK
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS WHAT
YOU KNOW YOU KNOW SORT OF THIS
FRED SMITH'S AMBITION TO TRY TO
HELP DO THAT.
OF COURSE.
OF COURSE. AND IT'S NOT IT'S NOT TO SORT
OF JUST HIDE AT ALL.
I MEAN OF COURSE THEY'RE ALSO
LOOKING AT WAYS OF DOING BETTER
AVIATION FUELS AND TRYING TO
ELECTRIFY THEIR OWN GROUND
FLEET AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S THEY'VE
MADE ABOUT A TWO BILLION DOLLAR
INVESTMENT AND NESSIM AND WE'RE
PART OF THE SORT OF THE
RESEARCH ENTERPRISE THAT'S
TRYING TO LOOK AT FUTURE
TECHNOLOGY APPROACHES THAT WILL
WE'LL HELP OUT AND ALSO TO SAY
TO ALLOW US TO SORT OF LEVERAGE
THAT INTO SORT OF A GLOBAL
IMPACT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO
TO NOT GO BEYOND THE ONE
MILLION TONNES A YEAR WHEN
STARTED.
STARTED.
STARTED. >>
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>> WE'RE
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT 30 BILLION
TONNES A YEAR THAT