Elon Musk funds carbon removal

Doge Darling Elon Musk is investing $100 million to develop carbon dioxide removal technology.

It is touted on the website Xprize.org as “The Greatest Incentive Award in History” and “Extraordinary Milestone.” It is a nonprofit that supports the project, and the Mask Foundation funds it.

“Xprize carbon removal aims to tackle the biggest threats facing humanity — fighting climate change and re-adjusting the global carbon cycle” claims nonprofits in a statement with ironic double meaning, depending on how you read it.

Is “the battle against climate change” “the greatest threat facing humanity”? In fact, we agree that using so-called artificial climate change as a trick to enslaving people is a major threat we all face.

But doesn't that mean Xprize and its multi-million dollar donors?

Xprize Goals

“The planet has reached its highest temperatures in over 3 million years,” a promotional video spins. “To solve that, we need the biggest incentive award in history.”

This video assumes that removing “excessive CO2 from the atmosphere and oceans” will restore the “earth carbon balance.” In fact, neither Xprize nor Musk Foundation provide data to justify false claims. This is probably because the actual data has been proven over and over again.

Xprize launched its carbon removal project in 2019, when 1,300 teams from 88 countries threw hats into the ring. The competitor was charged with removing carbon from air, oceans, land and rocks.

In 2023, Xprize selected 20 finalists. To win, contestants will need to remove 1,000 tonnes of CO2 per year and quarantine, demonstrating the possibility of scaling to a Gigaton level by 2050. The Grand Prix winner leaves for $50 million, and the runner splits it down by subtracting the unspecified “operational funds” mentioned on the XPRIZE site.

The winners will be announced on April 22, 2025.