I sit down with Gaurab Chakrabarti, co-founder & CEO of Solugen, to discuss how the company is building mini chemical plants across the U.S. — without petroleum. Solugen is living proof that decentralized, clean production is possible. They have bold ambitions to transform the $5 trillion chemical industry. In this episode, we discuss:
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:01 What’s Wrong With The Traditional Chemical Industry
06:36 Why True Innovation Is Required To Make Decentralization Work
08:11 Breaking Down Solugen's Innovative Way To Make Chemicals
12:32 How Solugen Chooses Chemicals To Make
13:30 Bioforge: A New Era In Chemical Manufacturing
16:46 Using Sugar vs Hydrocarbons To Make Chemicals
18:09 Chemical Product Mix
19:40 Cost To Build A Bioforge vs. Traditional Chemical Plant
21:21 Importance Of Owning Your Own Distribution
24:17 Solugen's Growth Plans
28:32 Cost of a Bioforge and DOE Loan Commitment
29:55 Government Investment & Re-industrialization
31:39 How Manufacturing Strengthens Community
35:08 Gaurab's Background and Founding Story
39:45 Difficulties Of Complete Vertical Integration
40:57 Tweet Breakdown: Physical Reality Outruns Code
47:58 Challenges To US Re-Industrialization
50:15 Rapid Fire
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