The CO2 Rail Company, a US-based business, is working with experts from the Universities of Toronto and Sheffield to create a train that absorbs carbon dioxide as it travels.
With 14 grammes of CO2 each mile of travel, trains are far from being carbon neutral.The crew is constructing sizable vents on the train that will draw in air as it travels. The gas that was taken in can be turned into liquid and stored.
According to researchers, each carriage may remove up to 3,000 tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere each year.Professor Peter Styring, a research co-author, stated that the elimination of carbon dioxide has become “an urgent requirement.”
The liquified gas can be transported to the “circular carbon economy or to local geological landfill sites” after being discharged at a fueling station, according to the statement.If the proposal is successful, the system would become the first major form of carbon-free transportation on the planet.
