Series| Hard Reset

Inside the insane lab making fuel from thin air

Come with us to visit Terraform Industries, the start-up harnessing artificial photosynthesis to make fossil-free fuel.
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I stormed a castle in Burbank that is home to the Terraformer – a machine that uses air, water, and sunlight to produce all the fuel we’d ever need. It’s cheap and can be run in almost any condition, anywhere in the world. The only problem? It’s wildly inefficient – but for the first time in history, solar power is so cheap that it no longer matters.   

Plus we get to see the misuse of a cake mixer to further the cause of science!  

Leave a comment to let us know if this is your favorite misuse of a cake mixer.

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