F*ck That Sh*t
Fellow Climate Warriors,
If you listen to corporate CEOs, talking heads, the all-in podcast, Ray Dalio, etc. then you’re very pessimistic right now. In fact, you probably think we’re headed off an economic cliff and the U.S. Dollar hegemony might even come to an end. The decline in money supply has already severely impacted growth stage startups (Series B+) and this might bleed down to the soil. Tech companies are slashing headcount across the board to increase runway. Most people are advising you to take shelter because winter’s coming.
Well, you know what we think? F*ck that sh*t.
Climate science is what it is, and some of the world’s most valuable companies over the next 10-20 years will be technologies enabling humanity to continue to live abundant and sustainable lives on Earth. There’s never been a better time to work for a climate tech startup. Lost your big tech job? Seek out hard science PhDs and launch a startup. Blow our minds and help save the world.
Here at CTC we put our money where our mouth is. We’re still investing in badass entrepreneurs, launching new platforms and content formats, and helping organize awesome gatherings for the climate tech innovation ecosystem. Join us and remember, the most valuable aspect of a community is helping one another, especially when times are tough.
As always, be a circle, not a square. See you there.
Much Love,
CTC
My favorite email of the year.
F*ck that sh*t! It's tough, but this is the easy season. Some don't get it yet, and that's where the opportunity is.
Take a trip to a decade from now when climate instability is rampant and tens of millions are migrating... and we're really reinventing the airplane while in flight.
Every solution that we put on the table today and is delivering will be desperately deployed.
Thanks for building Community! We are the second vanguard of business builders and the timing is perfect.
Folks,
Everywhere there are FSHEVs (Full Series Hybrid Electric Vehicles) there is V2G (Vehicle to Grid) electricity generation capacity available! This would come in handy not just in a war zone, like Ukraine, it would help in areas where natural disaster, or terrorist(s), have recently disabled electricity provision.
FSHEV technology has been around for decades; battery electric vehicles (BEV) for over a century... A list of companies, and their vehicles, that have already demonstrated the feasibility of FSHEVs is two paragraphs down. The company efforts referred to are the work of industry insiders who've already invested billions in developing and building military and commercial vehicles.
I've talked to folks at the Center for Electromechanics on the campus of the University of Texas/Austin, about building demonstrator FSHEV vehicles, but our efforts would largely be adapting existing, Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) with my company's (evolving electric motor company - eemc) technology.
This effort would cost millions of dollars to do what's already been done by and for: Nissan's Note E-Power; DARPA/ONR: General Dynamics Land Systems' RST-V (a.k.a., Shadow) and Georgia Tech Research Institute's Ultra AP; Lotus' Evora 414E; etc...
This progress towards significantly increased fuel economy; less associated Green House Gas (GHG) emissions; less Lithium, because onboard electricity generation means smaller battery capacity is needed; fewer, to no, Rare Earth metals required by electromagnetic systems; etc... Is being stopped by hugely wealthy and powerful oil and gas industry players who care much more about increased profits than responsible behavior requisite to limiting global climate change.
Even more modest intermediate steps use older technology like: replacing the accessories belt with an electric motor/generator (EM/G) to power electric accessories; moderated supercharging to allow the use of smaller displacement internal combustion engines (ICE); combining the aforementioned to require an even smaller ICE...
In short, holding current vehicle manufacturers and oil industry insiders' feet to the fire is far more important than funding my reinvention of this old wheel; not that I don't have useful ways to make better wheels...
My Two Cents Worth,
Stephen Wyman
Founder and CEO of evolving electric motor company