The Economist - USA (2021-10-09)

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MOBILE CARBON

CAPTURE

Overa thirdofalltransportCO 2 emissionscome

fromroadfreight.^1 We’vecapturedupto40%

oftheCO 2 froma truck’sexhaustin recentlab

tests,storingit safelyonboardtooffloadlater

forreuseortostoredeepunderground.

If everyheavy-dutytruckin theworldhadour

technology,wecouldreduceCO 2 emissionsby

upto 473 milliontonsa year^2 – equivalentto

planting 80 billionnewtrees.^3

Seehowwecontinueinnovating

fora betterfutureat

aramco.com/betterfuture-mcc

(^1) IEA(2017),TheFutureofTrucks,IEA,Paris
(^2) IEA(2020)CO 2 emissionsfromheavy-dutyvehiclesin theSustainable
DevelopmentScenario,2000–
(^3) One young tree absorbs 5.9kg CO 2 per year. Source: Urban Forestry Network.

How do you lower

the carbon footprint

of a moving truck?