January 1, Video: Bill Gates Fills Pothole To Reduce Carbon Emissions

Bill Gates recently shared a video of himself filling a pothole with Modern Asphalt, a road repair material made with carbon captured during the clean hydrogen process. Gates was an early seed investor in Modern Hydrogen, the Seattle-based company that produces this revolutionary asphalt. On LinkedIn, he wrote, “I filled a pothole—and reduced greenhouse gas emissions—during my incredible visit to Modern Hydrogen.”

Modern Hydrogen’s innovative process involves extracting carbon from natural gas to obtain emissions-free hydrogen, thereby decarbonizing the energy market. The company also aims to decarbonize the building materials market by incorporating the captured carbon into asphalt for road construction and repair.

Tony Pan, Co-founder and CEO of Modern Hydrogen, explained the company’s strategy: “By stripping out the offending carbon atom from gas at the end of the pipe, before it has a chance to become CO2, Modern’s technology can deliver decarbonized gas—aka clean hydrogen—on location. Thus, Modern can deliver this hydrogen to the end consumer, without the decades and billions of dollars it would take to build out clean hydrogen infrastructure.”

Modern Hydrogen Co-founder and CTO Max Mankin describes their process as a “negative emissions technology” that the world urgently needs to meet its climate goals. He stated, “We can generate net negative emissions by applying our pyrolysis technology on carbon-neutral gases such as biogas. The solid carbon we pull out from the gas is directly weighed, so every ton of solid carbon we put into products and building materials are verifiable emissions captured, avoided, and utilized.”

Gates, an eternal optimist, expressed his excitement about the future, saying, “I can’t wait to see what’s next.”

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