What can innovators today hoping to suck carbon dioxide out of the air to avert climate change learn from the chemists of the early 1900s? tomstandage and stevensonseth investigate in 'The Secret History of the Future'
The Economist’s Tom Standage and Seth Stevenson of Slate unearth curious tales hidden in the history of technologyAt the dawn of the 20th century, chemists dreamed of extracting nitrogen from the air and turning it into a limitless supply of fertiliser.
Sceptics thought they were crazy—it was possible in theory, but it was unclear if it could be done in practice. What happened next changed the course of 20th-century history, and provides inspiration to innovators pursuing a different dream today: sucking carbon dioxide out of the air to avert climate change. Might they not be quite so crazy after all? Runtime: 33 min
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