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
01:08 What’s Wrong With The Traditional Chemical Industry
05:43 Why True Innovation Is Required To Make Decentralization Work
07:18 Breaking Down Solugen's Innovative Way To Make Chemicals
11:39 How Solugen Chooses Chemicals To Make
12:37 Bioforge: A New Era In Chemical Manufacturing
15:53 Using Sugar vs Hydrocarbons To Make Chemicals
17:16 Chemical Product Mix
18:47 Cost To Build A Bioforge vs. Traditional Chemical Plant
20:28 Importance Of Owning Your Own Distribution
23:24 Solugen's Growth Plans
27:39 Cost of a Bioforge and DOE Loan Commitment
29:02 Government Investment & Re-industrialization
30:46 How Manufacturing Strengthens Community
34:15 Gaurab's Background and Founding Story
38:52 Difficulties Of Complete Vertical Integration
40:04 Tweet Breakdown: Physical Reality Outruns Code
47:05 Challenges To US Re-Industrialization
49:22 Rapid Fire
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