Talk about a renewable resource. This could be just the thing to bridge the gap and spare our air while the world makes the necessary transition away from traditional combustion-based transport and on to something sustainable. Of course, there are problems to be overcome, such as the difficulty of removing a box from underneath your car every time you fill up with petrol. And to really get off the ground, a substantial system would have to be set up at gas stations to offload the trapped pollutants and get them to the hungry hungry algae. But, as this is a device that could make burning fossil fuels a little more bearable, maybe Big Oil will get behind it. And heck, they've got the money to make just about anything possible. The trio already have the technology developed to a point where it can trap and store "between 85 and 95 percent," according to Reuters. That's a number that has me breathing easier already.

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