{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Manifold","title":"Casey Handmer: Terraform Industries and a carbon-neutral future — #57","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8f6ef2ab\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3722,"description":"Casey Handmer (PhD, Caltech, general relativity) is the founder of Terraform Industries. He is one of the most capable and ambitious geo-engineers on planet Earth!\nTerraform Industries is scaling technology to produce cheap natural gas with sunlight and air. Using solar energy, they extract carbon from the air and synthesize natural gas, all at the same site.\nMarch 2024: \"Terraform completes the end to end demo, successfully producing fossil carbon free pipeline grade natural gas from sunlight and air. We also achieved green hydrogen at <$2.50/kg-H2 and DAC CO2 at <$250/T-CO2, two incredible milestones.\"\nLinks:\nCasey Handmer’s website: https://www.caseyhandmer.com/\nTerraform Industries: https://terraformindustries.com/\nNerds on Patrol [Episode 3] - Terraform Industries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9k3dHFJPEU\n\nSteve and Casey discuss:\n\n0:00 Introduction\n00:31 Casey's early life and background, from Australia to Caltech\n07:55 The academic path and transition to tech entrepreneurship\n10:40 Terraform Industries\n15:21 Solar costs, efficiency, and global Impact\n24:25 A world powered by Terraform methane\n31:27 The entrepreneurial journey: challenges and insights\n35:01 Investor dynamics and strategic decisions for Terraform\n41:28 The hard Reality of manufacturing and innovation\n44:11 Navigating intellectual property and strategic partnerships\n45:49 The moral and technical challenges of carbon neutrality\n55:48 Looking ahead: Terraform's next milestones and the solar revolution\nMusic used with permission from Blade Runner Blues Livestream improvisation by State Azure.\n\n--\n\nSteve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at MSU and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon. Hsu is a startup founder (SuperFocus.ai, SafeWeb, Genomic Prediction, Othram) and advisor to venture capital...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3dN5jXpdPU-2tksLGunno-_3QSF26xY_bpkov6O7drs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI3Njg3LzE2NDI3/MjI3MjUtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}