Parlons Futur

Two years ago, Casey Handmer quit working on GPS science at NASA JPL to start Terraform Industries, a wild idea backed by visionary investors (including Stripe co-founder and CEO) to bolt our growing solar abundance to growing hydrocarbon scarcity. His plan? To make the world's cheapest green hydrogen, the world's cheapest direct air capture CO2, and cheap natural gas. This is my conversation with Casey! It's quite long, but I've detailed the timestamps below, Casey elaborated on many important issues, make sure to give them a listen :) Recorded on Oct 12th. And mind the two questions about Mars at the end :) 00:00:28: Casey Handmer's background in science and industry and what led him to found Terraform Industries 00:02:30: Why Hyperloop One, which Casey worked on, didn't work as expected 00:04:38: Why "Terraform Industries" as the company name? 00:09:45: Terraform Industries' philosophy 00:13:20: How Terraform Industries is a fundamental bet on cheap solar PV electricity and why it will get ever c