Climate change is caused by carbon dioxide being introduced to the atmosphere from power plants, factories, automobiles, and myriad other sources. Extreme weather events caused by a changing climate can kill thousands of people, create billions of dollars in damage, and force people to abandon their homes when susceptible areas are no longer habitable. The best long-term solution is regulation of carbon emissions, but pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere is still a tempting way to quickly return the earth's climate to its preindustrial state. Carbon capture technology is being looked at by more and more experts as a useful tool to buy more time for emissions to halt, so the technology is experiencing an increase in interest.