1. A US perspective on closing the carbon cycle to defossilize difficult-to-electrify segments of our economy
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Shaw, Wendy J, Kidder, Michelle K, Bare, Simon R, Delferro, Massimiliano, Morris, James R, Toma, Francesca M, Senanayake, Sanjaya D, Autrey, Tom, Biddinger, Elizabeth J, Boettcher, Shannon, Bowden, Mark E, Britt, Phillip F, Brown, Robert C, Bullock, R Morris, Chen, Jingguang G, Daniel, Claus, Dorhout, Peter K, Efroymson, Rebecca A, Gaffney, Kelly J, Gagliardi, Laura, Harper, Aaron S, Heldebrant, David J, Luca, Oana R, Lyubovsky, Maxim, Male, Jonathan L, Miller, Daniel J, Prozorov, Tanya, Rallo, Robert, Rana, Rachita, Rioux, Robert M, Sadow, Aaron D, Schaidle, Joshua A, Schulte, Lisa A, Tarpeh, William A, Vlachos, Dionisios G, Vogt, Bryan D, Weber, Robert S, Yang, Jenny Y, Arenholz, Elke, Helms, Brett A, Huang, Wenyu, Jordahl, James L, Karakaya, Canan, Kian, Kourosh Cyrus, Kothandaraman, Jotheeswari, Lercher, Johannes, Liu, Ping, Malhotra, Deepika, Mueller, Karl T, O’Brien, Casey P, Palomino, Robert M, Qi, Long, Rodriguez, José A, Rousseau, Roger, Russell, Jake C, Sarazen, Michele L, Sholl, David S, Smith, Emily A, Stevens, Michaela Burke, Surendranath, Yogesh, Tassone, Christopher J, Tran, Ba, Tumas, William, and Walton, Krista S
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Chemical Sciences ,Climate Action ,Responsible Consumption and Production ,Chemical sciences - Abstract
Electrification to reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions is essential to mitigate climate change. However, a substantial portion of our manufacturing and transportation infrastructure will be difficult to electrify and/or will continue to use carbon as a key component, including areas in aviation, heavy-duty and marine transportation, and the chemical industry. In this Roadmap, we explore how multidisciplinary approaches will enable us to close the carbon cycle and create a circular economy by defossilizing these difficult-to-electrify areas and those that will continue to need carbon. We discuss two approaches for this: developing carbon alternatives and improving our ability to reuse carbon, enabled by separations. Furthermore, we posit that co-design and use-driven fundamental science are essential to reach aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets.
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- 2024