1. CARBON CAPTURE: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about carbon capture. Change partners often and share your findings.
3. THE LONG RUN: Students A strongly believe scientists will reverse global warming in the long run; Students B strongly believe they won't. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. ENERGY SOURCES: What do you know about these energy sources? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.
6. GLOBAL WARMING: Rank these with your partner. Put the best ways to prevent global warming at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.
1. capture a. Something that is not wanted; the things that are unused or left over.
2. process b. Get or take something to keep and use.
3. waste c. Keeping things somewhere so they can be used later.
4. storing d. Damage someone or something.
5. harm e. The different actions and steps that are needed to do or make something.
6. fuel f. How much money you need to do something or to buy something.
7. cost g. Things like coal, gas, or oil that is burned to produce heat or power for our homes, cars, etc.
8. sucking h. Things like water, oil, milk, etc. that can spread over places, or flow along things.
9. liquid i. Hopeful and confident about the future.
10. combined j. Pulling air into your mouth; pulling air or other things into something.
11. founder k. Joined; mixed.
12. optimistic l. Fight; take action to reduce, destroy, or stop something or someone.
13. combat m. The person who first started a company, university, organisation, etc.
14. in the long run n. Far into the future.
Scientists at the Canadian company Carbon Engineering have said they are (1) ____________ to making carbon capture work. Carbon capture is the (2) ____________ of capturing waste carbon dioxide (CO2) from places like power plants and then (3) ____________ it so it does not harm the environment. Carbon Engineering say its scientists are close to capturing CO2 from the (4) ____________ and turning it into carbon-neutral fuel. This could be a big (5) ____________ forward in the fight against global warming. The scientists also said they have greatly reduced the (6) ____________ of carbon capture, to as (7) ____________ as $94 per ton of CO2 captured. Many scientists believed carbon capture would cost about $1,000 per ton (8) ____________.
The technology works by (9) ____________ air into special industrial towers. The CO2 is mixed with an alkaline (10) ____________ and frozen. It is then heated and combined with hydrogen. This produces liquid fuels (11) ____________ gasoline and jet fuel. The founder of Carbon Engineering, Professor David Keith, was (12) ____________ about the future of this process. He believes his company could help to (13) ____________ climate change. He said: "After 100 years of practical engineering and cost analysis, we can (14) ____________ say that while air capture is not some magical cheap (15) ____________, it is a viable and buildable technology for producing carbon-neutral fuels in the immediate future, and for removing carbon in the long (16) ____________."
Scientists at the Canadian company Carbon Engineering have said they are (1) ___________________ carbon capture work. Carbon capture is the process of capturing waste carbon dioxide (CO2) from (2) ___________________ plants and then storing it so it does not harm the environment. Carbon Engineering say its scientists (3) ___________________ capturing CO2 from the atmosphere and turning it into carbon-neutral fuel. This could be a big (4) ___________________ the fight against global warming. The scientists also said they have greatly (5) ___________________ of carbon capture, to as low as $94 per ton of CO2 captured. Many scientists believed carbon capture would cost about $1,000 (6) ___________________.
The technology (7) ___________________ air into special industrial towers. The CO2 is mixed with an alkaline (8) ___________________. It is then heated and combined with hydrogen. This produces (9) ___________________ gasoline and jet fuel. The founder of Carbon Engineering, Professor David Keith, was optimistic about the future of this process. He believes his company could (10) ___________________ climate change. He said: "After 100 years of practical engineering and cost analysis, we can confidently say that while air capture is not (11) ___________________ solution, it is a viable and buildable technology for producing carbon-neutral fuels in the immediate future, and for removing carbon (12) ___________________."
Where is the carbon capture company from?
Where is CO2 usually captured from?
What could this technology help in the fight against?
How much do scientists think they can capture a ton of carbon for?
How much did scientists used to think a ton of captured CO2 cost?
What is air sucked into?
What is the CO2 mixed with?
What fuels can the process produce?
What kind of solution did a professor say carbon change was not?
When did the professor say carbon-neutral fuels could be produced?
1) Where is the carbon capture company from?
2) Where is CO2 usually captured from?
3) What could this technology help in the fight against?
4) How much do scientists think they can capture a ton of carbon for?
5) How much did scientists used to think a ton of captured CO2 cost?
6) What is air sucked into?
7) What is the CO2 mixed with?
8) What fuels can the process produce?
9) What kind of solution did a professor say carbon change was not?
10) When did the professor say carbon-neutral fuels could be produced?
You think going solar is the best way to stop global warming. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the least effective of these (and why): reducing waste, planting trees or eating less meat.
You think reducing waste is the best way to stop global warming. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the least effective of these (and why): going solar, planting trees or eating less meat.
You think planting trees is the best way to stop global warming. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the least effective of these (and why): reducing waste, going solar or eating less meat.
You think eating less meat is the best way to stop global warming. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their ways. Also, tell the others which is the least effective of these (and why): reducing waste, planting trees or going solar.
What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'carbon'?
How exciting is carbon capture?
What does your country do to cut CO2?
What can we do to fight global warming?
What is a carbon-neutral fuel?
How useful is a carbon-neutral fuel?
What will happen when fossil fuels run out?
What do you think of when you hear the word 'capture'?
What harm does carbon dioxide do the environment?
What do you do to cut CO2?
How useful do you think this process could be?
How optimistic are you about our planet's future?
What other carbon-neutral energy sources are there?
Will Earth ever recover from human activity?
Scientists at the Canadian company Carbon Engineering have said they are (1) ____ to making carbon capture work. Carbon capture is the process (2) ____ capturing waste carbon dioxide (CO2) from places like power plants and then storing it (3) ____ it does not harm the environment. Carbon Engineering say its scientists are close to capturing CO2 from the atmosphere and (4) ____ it into carbon-neutral fuel. This could be a big step forward in the fight against global warming. The scientists also said they have (5) ____ reduced the cost of carbon capture, to as (6) ____ as $94 per ton of CO2 captured. Many scientists believed carbon capture would cost about $1,000 per ton captured.
The technology works (7) ____ sucking air into special industrial towers. The CO2 is mixed with an alkaline liquid and frozen. It (8) ____ then heated and combined with hydrogen. This produces liquid fuels (9) ____ gasoline and jet fuel. The founder of Carbon Engineering, Professor David Keith, was optimistic about the future of this process. He believes his company could (10) ____ to combat climate change. He said: "After 100 years of practical engineering and cost analysis, we can confidently say that (11) ____ air capture is not some magical cheap solution, it is a viable and buildable technology for producing carbon-neutral fuels in the immediate future, and for removing carbon in the long (12) ____."
(...) for producing carbon-neutral fuels in the immediate future, and for removing carbon in the long run."
(...) scientists believed carbon capture would cost about $1,000 per ton captured.
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The technology works by soaking / sucking air into special industrial towers. The CO2 is mixed of / with an alkaline liquid and frozen. It is then hated / heated and combined with hydrogen. This produces liquid fuels such / like gasoline and jet fuel. The founder of Carbon Engineering, Professor David Keith, was optimistic / optimism about the future of this process. He believes his company could help to combat / combative climate change. He said: "After 100 years of / off practical engineering and cost analysis, we can confidently say that while air capture is not same / some magical cheap solution, it is a viable / fable and buildable technology for producing carbon-neutral fuels in the immediate future, and for removing carbon in the long walk / run."
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Write about carbon capture for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.
Scientists will reverse global warming. Discuss.
3. CARBON CAPTURE: Make a poster about carbon capture. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
4. NO FOSSIL FUELS: Write a magazine article about ending the use of fossil fuels. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against this.
6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on carbon capture. Ask him/her three questions about it. Give him/her three of your ideas on how to help fight climate change. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.