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Episode 2: Casey Handmer, the polymath founder and CEO of Terraform Industries, explains the first principles behind his idea to synthesize hydrocarbons (starting with natural gas, or methane) from the atmosphere.

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(00:00 ) - Intro
(00:56 ) - What Terraform Industries is Building
(02:00 ) - Casey's Background as an Engineer
(04:15 ) - Why Synthetic Hydrocarbons are an Urgent Need
(06:30 ) - The Importance of Hydrocarbons
(10:40 ) - Terraform's Process for Synthetic Methane
(13:57 ) - Cheap Solar Energy is the Key Enabler
(18:05 ) - How the World Captures and Uses Electricity
(21:00 ) - Why Use Solar Energy to Make Hydrocarbons
(24:51 ) - How Is This Possible?
(28:23 ) - Learning Curve Effects on Solar Cost Declines
(31:00 ) - Impact of the Inflation Reduction Act
(34:50 ) - Why Is Lower Solar Efficiency Okay?
(37:35 ) - How the Direct Air Capture Process Works
(46:54 ) - The Sabatier Reaction
(51:07 ) - Path to Commercialization and End-to-End Demo
(52:52 ) - Deploying Alongside Existing Natural Gas Infrastructure
(54:49 ) - Expansion into Synthetic Fuels and Beyond
(56:20 ) - Final Thoughts

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Links:
Terraform - https://terraformindustries.com/
Casey Handmer - https://twitter.com/CJHandmer
Christian Keil – https://twitter.com/pronounced_kyle
“How to Industrialize Mars”: https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2018/09/03/how-to-industrialize-mars/
Terraform Industries White Paper: https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2023/01/09/terraform-industries-whitepaper-2-0/

First Principles:
Sabatier Reaction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabatier_reaction
Energy Density: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density
Photovoltaic Cells: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cell
Direct Air Capture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_air_capture
Electrolysis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis

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