Energy transition: the race of different political systems

The defossilization of our energy system is the biggest transformation of our economic-technological base since the invention of the steam engine and the start of massive burning of fossil fuel. It is urgent, required, and worldwide. And it brings up an interesting historical experiment: The observable competition between market-liberal systems like in the U.S. and …

Carbon removal: Cleaning up the atmosphere

The necessity of negative emission technologies (NETs)/Carbon removal seems undoubtful. Even if we concede best efforts to reduce CO2 emissions, returning to pre-industrial atmospheric CO2 levels will require a reduction of the current CO2 level in the atmosphere – and the oceans, too. Different technologies are competing, and the voluntary carbon offset market offers a …