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The Future of Humanity's Energy No One Knows About | Terraform

S3 | Science, Startups, & Stories · 228.1K views · 2024-03-23 · 19:59

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Overview

A 20-minute S3 episode touring Terraform Industries, a startup making synthetic natural gas from air and solar power. It walks through the reactor, injection system, direct air capture and electrolyzer, plus the company's cost goals and next milestone.

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HN commenters point to it as a clear, short tour of Terraform's synthetic fuel approach and goals.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2024–2024

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consumer451 · 2024-06 · Strong recommendation

Related, and yet not mentioned in TFA: "Terraform makes carbon neutral natural gas" [LINK] Excellent S3 piece on Terraform [20min]: [VIDEO] I agree with Terraform's founder on at least one thing: atmospheric carbon capture needs to be cheaper than ground extraction. Market forces will decide the rest. This is not a CO2 cop-out, we need to both stop introducing CO2 into the atmosphere, and also extract gigatons from it. Terraform Industries is addressing both sides.

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aesch · 2024-08 · Recommendation

Casey Handmer's company is creating synthetic hydrocarbons from renewable energy. Here is a good video where he gives a tour of the company and talks about its goals: [VIDEO] . Curious what people think about the idea of synthetic hydrocarbons? It is a seemingly obvious idea that I hadn't heard about until recently, as long as you can use energy efficiently to create the synthetic hydrocarbons.

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mattjaynes · 2024-04 · Recommendation

For more, I'd recommend Jason Carman's recently released videos on Terraform: Overview and tour (~20min): [VIDEO] Deeper Interview (~40min): [LINK]

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