Petroleum

“Natural gas, which is over 40% of US power generation, has become, or is imminently going to become, the most important fuel in the country. It's overtaking petroleum, given the amount that we use now for generation.”

“And I don't worry personally about the fact that plastics use petroleum inherently because that petroleum is locked up inside the plastic. It's not being emitted as CO two into the atmosphere generally. So I think that plastic is a climate Challenge, but I thi…”

“You could actually make higher profits if you use hydrogen instead of using the petro driven stuff that we do today. You can make a better company, better product.”

“We're going to really be able to remove petroleum, which is the key input into a lot of these products, and use engineered biology to create a much safer, healthier, and really, really a long-term planet for us.”