SCIENCE SHIP: Carbon fuel & Geomagnetics and rocks
Posted Jun 18, 2018 5:16 am.
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A B.C. company says it can suck carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into fuel for cars, trucks and jets.
It sounds too good to be true, but the science behind it is sound.
Having said that, it’s not going to solve global warming and it has its own drawbacks.
660’s Jonathan Muma is hopping on board the Science Ship with Saint Mary’s University Astrophysicist Dr. Rob Thacker to learn more.
The threat of a solar storm knocking out the global power grid is real, but it turns out an even bigger threat is lurking under our feet.
New research shows the geology of rocks under the northeastern United States could make a geomagnetic event even worse.
Dr. Thacker explained:
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