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×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementits Advertisement“The speed and direction of deployment of these technologies can’t be up to private industries, can’t be up to Chevron, and can’t be up to Exxon. We need public management and non-market control.”- Georgetown University political philosopher Olúfẹ́mi TáíwòAdvertisementThat has fueled growing calls for technological solutions to pull carbon from the air. The leading technology so far is called direct air capture, essentially giant vacuum fans that suck carbon from the air and magnetically attach it to calcium or potassium molecules, transforming the emissions into a substance that can be injected underground for permanent storage, to prevent its return to the atmosphere.It’s a controversial gambit. The machines require huge amounts of electricity and could, if relied on to meet climate goals at scale, sap a full quarter of the world’s energy supply by the end of this century, according to a in the journal Nature Communications. Spending $1 trillion per year on the technology could help deploy it at scale and work out the kinks to make it cheaper and less energy intensive, a in January found. But the Biden administration set aside just a fraction of that amount for all its climate efforts over the next eight years as part of its unveiled this week, meaning such a bid would be an extremely difficult political sell.AdvertisementAdvertisement“The speed and direction of deployment of these technologies can’t be up to private industries, can’t be up to Chevron, and can’t be up to Exxon,” Táíwò said, referring to the two largest U.S. oil companies. “We need public management and non-market control.”Such efforts could, as University at Buffalo researcher Holly Jean Buck put it, “.”It remains unclear whether Singh’s statement ultimately marks a fundamental shift on India’s climate negotiating position or a rift within Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration. Despite building more solar, India private investment to open 41 new coal mines as recently as last summer. Then, last fall, Singh himself plans to replace 29 coal plants scheduled to retire in the coming years entirely with renewables. But this Thursday, the government delaying the deadline by which coal-fired plants need to adopt new emissions standards by three years. AdvertisementAdvertisementCORRECTION: A previous version of this story incorrectly referred to 400 billion gigatons of carbon dioxide in one instance. The correct figure is 400 gigatons.See GallerySuggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness delivered to your inbox

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementits Advertisement“The speed and direction of deployment of these technologies can’t be up to private industries, can’t be up to Chevron, and can’t be up to Exxon. We need public management and non-market control.”- Georgetown University political philosopher Olúfẹ́mi TáíwòAdvertisementThat has fueled growing calls for technological solutions to pull carbon from the air. The leading technology so far is called direct air capture, essentially giant vacuum fans that suck carbon from the...

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