Graphyte is a company which
sequesters carbon, initially for
American Airlines
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. It was founded and backed by Bill Gates in 2023. Its
carbon removal credits are not yet on sale to the public, but are planned to be sold on voluntary
carbon market
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s, of which the US has several. The company sequesters carbon by drying and compressing biomass into bricks, then wrapping those bricks in impermeable barriers and storing them underground.
Such
biomass carbon removal and storage (BiCRS
) is the cheapest method of
removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere long-term as of the mid-2020s.
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References
Carbon dioxide removal
Technology companies of the United States
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