Brimstone: Cody Finke
Cement ⬛ Lobsters 🦞 Toilets 🚽and More 💡
Fellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of Climate Tech Cocktails.
In this episode, we drink Bill Alebrton’s version of the sneaky pete (rose + lager) with Cody Finke, co-founder and CEO of Brimstone.
Cody's chemically charged adventures will react with your curiosity. He shares his time spent on a commercial lobster boat, living in his car and a tent, hiking the country’s mountains, and working on solving India’s wastewater treatment challenge. A chemist by trade, Cody is now decarbonizing cement. Tag along to learn a little chemistry, and share in the hope of achieving carbon-neutral construction.
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📝 Show Notes Below👇
🎧 New podcast episode:
“...in order for climate [change] to be solved at a reasonable time scale, we need to find solutions that are lower cost than what we have today.”
- Cody Finke, CEO and Co-Founder of Brimstone
What we drank during the episode: Sneaky Pete (Rosé & Lager)🍷🍻.
Enjoy the show!
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Companies/Startups mentioned during the show:
⚡The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
People/places/things mentioned during the show:
🧑💻Hugo Landry
🧑💻Clement Cid
🧑💻Bill Albertson
🧑💻Arun Gupta
🧑💻Bob Mumgaard
🧑💻Seth Meyers
🧑💻Jimmy Chin
🏫Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
-TIMESTAMPS-
[00:01] Intro
[01:17] Meet Cody Finke, CEO of Brimstone
[01:32] The Sneaky Pete: A Unique Cocktail Experience
[05:08] The Journey of Climate Tech Cocktails
[06:44] Cody's Unique Background and Journey
[11:09] The Transition from Academia to Entrepreneurship
[13:47] Deadliest Catch: Lobster Fishing
[17:38] Car living
[20:09] The Caltech Toilet
[22:03] Wastewater Treatment Systems in India
[24:39] From Fertilizer to Cement
[28:42] Electrochemical Wastewater Treatment
[31:54] The Cost of Energy
[32:30] Intermittent Electricity
[33:29] Solar Energy Limitations
[34:09] The Smart Grid
[36:08] The Reality of Industrial Processes
[36:32] Heat vs Electricity
[37:25] The Climate Problem
[38:06] The Potential of Electrification
[43:00] The Future of Cement Production
[48:10] Cement & Climate Change
[55:01] The Vision of a Rock Refinery
[57:21] Rapid Fire Questions
[1:07:03] Outro