For the record: An earlier version of this story said the winners of the Carbon XPrize competition would earn a $6.5-million payout. Advertisement“It almost sounds too good to be true,” said Marcius Extavour , executive director of the Carbon XPrize contest. But in the meantime, carbon utilization could put some of that CO 2 to work. Several other types of carbon utilization could theoretically absorb a similar amount, according to a recent analysis in the journal Nature. In fact, the UCLA team has several competitors in the field, including Carbicrete and CarbonCure , another Carbon XPrize contender.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 16, 2020 13:52 UTC