Why Kenya could take the lead in carbon removal
Geothermal energy and cheap talent offer comparative advantage
East Africa’s Rift Valley, which runs for thousands of kilometres from the Red Sea to Mozambique, provides a unique window into the evolutionary history of humanity. The shifting of tectonic plates that formed its deep lakes and sheltered canyons created conditions that first nurtured the ancestors of modern humans and then preserved their bones. Those geological forces may also push open a door to the future by making it possible to capture and store global-warming carbon dioxide cheaply from the air.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “The Great Carbon Valley”
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