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This is the indicator from Planet Money, I'm Whelan Wong.

And I'm Darian Woods. The Biden administration is putting billions of dollars into technology that will suck carbon out of the air.

This is technology that stirs up strong feelings in the climate community, like with former Vice President Al Gore.

These are giant vacuum cleaners that use an awful lot of energy.

It's technically feasible, but it's extremely expensive.

Yeah, stick with the medium-sized vacuum here.

No, we need giant ones, Darian.

That is from a TED Talk that Al Gore gave in July.

And these giant vacuum cleaners may be expensive, but the administration has committed billions of dollars in funding to this experimental technology.

It's all part of its climate industrial policy.

So yesterday on the show, we hosted a debate over whether the government should be subsidizing certain sectors in the name of economic growth.

And today, we're going to zoom in on one aspect of industrial policy that is front and center.

And that is green industrial policy.

In other words, climate technology and decarbonizing the economy.

So should the government be putting taxpayer money into giant vacuum cleaners? Are they even going to work?

We take a closer look at the different bets the government is making to tackle the climate crisis on an industrial scale.

And we meet one scientist who's putting this money to work.

That's all coming up after the break.

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