A pub in California is pulling carbon dioxide from the air to carbonate pints. If the business model works, it could give the broader carbon-capture industry a boost.
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But I don’t drink alcohol, so when I buy the beer the CO2 remains captured! Now I just need a very large cellar. Would the beer store more CO2 per volume than balloons filled with my exhale? So many open research questions, affordable carbon capture breakthrough any time now! /s