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Utilizing Carbon in Everyday Products w/ Aaron Fitzgerald of Mars Materials

Podcast |: The CleanTechies Podcast
Publisher |: Silas Mähner - Renewables, ClimateTech, & ESG Headhunter
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Business,; Climate Change,; Interview,; Science & Medicine,; Technology
Categories Via RSS |: Business,; Investing,; News,; Tech News,; Technology
Publication Date |: Dec 20, 2022
Episode Duration |: 00:59:11

Welcome back to another episode of the CleanTechies Podcast. This is episode 74 of the show and we are thrilled to have you joining us.

If you're a ClimateTech Founder seeking introductions to capital or potential partnerships or are interested in sponsoring the show, please reach out: silasmahner@gmail.com

Today we are joined by Aaron Fitzgerald the CEO and Co-Founder of Mars Materials. At Mars Materials they are creating a clean acrylonitrile (ACN) alternative that is used in materials that every person on the planet (nearly all) uses every year. Uses include carpet, carbon fiber products, waste treatment, and keyboards among other things.

Conventionally, acrylonitrile is made from fossil fuels and their tech replaces the feedstock with other materials making it a much cleaner material. Their tech came out of NREL and is a way of sequestering carbon into these everyday materials helping reduce their carbon impacts of them.

In addition to this being a conversation about incredible technology, Aaron's story is also very compelling so I'm glad to be able to share this discussion for that as well. Hopefully, it will inspire many.

Without any further delay, please enjoy this conversation with Aaron Fitzgerald.

Topics:

9:31 - Types of Carbon Capture
11:20 - The argument against Carbon Capture
13:35 - What Mars does and who they sell to
25:08 - How they started the company out of NREL and that process for others interested
34:30 - The fundraising process and journey
47:40 - How he goes about educating himself
51:33 - How others can get into this space
54:43 - Future of carbon space

We hope you enjoy today's episode - please reach out with any specific questions or discussion points. If you're interested in being a show sponsor you can reach me at silasmahner@gmail.com

LINKS:

Mars Materials Website
Aaron on LinkedIn
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HMU on Twitter: @silasmahner

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