The Tesla CEO's announcement about a $100M prize for best carbon capture technology has brought attention to an industry that is not new but remains relatively unknown and controversial. 0:00 Introduction 0:56 Why carbon? 1:15 Carbon capture, carbon removal, direct air capture, CCU. What are the differences? 2:36 Carbon Engineering 3:00 Who supports carbon removal? 4:17 The current state of carbon capture and direct air capture 4:39 Elon Musk and the $100M Gigaton Scale Carbon Removal XPRIZE 5:40 The case against carbon capture Subscribe to CNET: https://www.youtube.com/user/CNETTV CNET playlists: https://www.youtube.com/user/CNETTV/playlists Download the new CNET app: https://cnet.app.link/GWuXq8ExzG Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cnet Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cnet Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2icCYYm