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30. The Process for Going Carbon Negative


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Dr. Sam Weaver has a PhD in Metallurgical Engineering, he came out of retirement in 2005, and now is the president of Proton Power, Inc whose goal is to make clean energy cost-competitive with fossil fuels and more accessible to people who need it. Proton Power, Inc. (PPI) has developed a proprietary, patent-protected, clean energy system for the cost-effective conversion of a wide variety of biomass feedstocks into synthetic fuel or electricity.  In addition, PPI systems produce a high quality, semi-activated carbon biochar product with valuable agricultural and industrial applications.  And, an exciting recent development is the ability to produce graphene in significant quantities. Dr. Weaver and his business partner Dan Hensley have a long, 40+ year history of developing successful and innovative technological products from the ground up, including:

  • Aircraft brakes for the Boeing 767 and 777
  • The first 2800C production furnaces for high strength, high modulus carbon fibers
  • Ceramic punch technology and equipment to make Coors the thinnest aluminum beer cans in the world
  • This mini series will be broken into three parts with the first episode getting the background of Dr. Weaver, Proton Power and what they do. Part 2 will include the economics of their energy sourcing, outreach for their products and technicalities of it. Lastly, part 3 we will talk about all the environmental and therefore human health benefits to their technology and what going carbon negative can look like.

    Proton Power offers sustainable solutions to Adequate food supply, world energy demand, climate change, water-supply and reduced agricultural water need, desertification, forest fire control, antibiotic use in cattle, nitrogen fertilizer in the water streams, and graphene for energy storage. So throughout all the episodes lookout for solutions to these various topics.

    Contact and connect with Dr. Weaver and PPI: [email protected]

    http://www.protonpower.com/

    Graphene: http://www.protonpower.com/about-graphene

    Biochar: http://www.protonpower.com/research-development


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