Not every Google moonshot leaves Earth orbit

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Kirsty Gogan of Energy for Humanity argues that Google's explanation for shelving its RE<C project underlines the urgent need for a massive boost in R&D

Two super senior Google engineers, Ross Koningstein and David Fork have just published a long essay explaining for the first time why their 'moonshot' project to solve the climate and energy challenge...

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