This technology is employed by startup Charm Industrial, a company that transports waste from cornfields and injects it into abandoned mines. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this broad climate change technology that converts an industrial byproduct into a superfluid and then stores it in pools or sinks.
ANSWER: carbon capture [or carbon sequestration; or carbon capture and storage; or carbon capture and utilization; prompt on carbon removal; prompt on carbon storage]
[10e] This man helped finance a $100 million prize for carbon capture technology. This billionaire acquired Twitter in 2022.
ANSWER: Elon Musk [or Elon Reeve Musk]
[10h] A 2005 report by this international organization was devoted to carbon capture technology. This group’s Sixth Assessment Report released in 2021 had 234 contributors and called for immediate cuts to emissions to avoid warming above 1.5 degrees Celsius.
ANSWER: IPCC [or Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; prompt on Working Group or WG with “Of what organization?”]
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