Putting the cost of going green in context

Putting the cost of going green in context

Plans to retool the country's energy infrastructure, from Al Gore to Google, are better understood when compared with the nation's past efforts to win World War II and build the Interstate Highway System.

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Kurt Zenz House

House studies and develops methods for large-scale capture and storage of human-made carbon dioxide. He is currently a fellow at MIT, where his work is partially supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. In addition, he is the cofounder, president, and chief scientist of a venture-capital-backed alternative-energy company. He recently patented electrochemical weathering, a novel process that expedites the ocean’s natural ability to absorb carbon dioxide and can be used to produce carbon negative commodities--such as hydrogen, chlorine, and cement. In 2007, Esquire featured him among its "Best and Brightest." He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from the Claremont Colleges and a PhD in geoscience from Harvard University.