What’s behind the CO₂ shortage?

By Ian Farrell2021-11-22T11:40:00

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Dependence on a single source of production left us with a deficit

Carbon dioxide is one of the most important gases in our lives and in early autumn 2021 we had both too much of it and not enough. CO₂ is portrayed as the bad boy of atmospheric gases due to its contribution to global warming. But it also has many uses, from manufacturing and healthcare to food production, and there currently isn’t enough of it in the UK’s chemical supply chain. Read the article to find out the reason for the shortage and how we can develop new ways of capturing CO₂ for industrial use.

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