What a win-win on unburnable carbon looks like

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What if we built things with hydrocarbons instead of burning them? Here's a practical vision for the future

The recent IPCC report is clear: We need a dramatic change in the design of the global economy to avoid climate catastrophe and we need it now. The International Energy Agency estimates that to stay...

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