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Assertion Supported
Hanson: Monolith has scaled methane pyrolysis to commercial operations
“And we started in 2012 have raised a lot of equity over the years and have taken technology that was almost there and got it to full commercial scale.”
Rob Hanson Jan 10, 2022 ▶ 7:36 Inside the Energy Department's loan deal to back hydrogen
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hanson: 100% of Sand Hill Road VCs rejected Monolith in 2012
“We started in twenty-twelve where, and we were in Silicon Valley, and we went to everyone on Sandhill Road, and precisely 100% of them said no.”
Rob Hanson Jan 10, 2022 ▶ 13:17 Inside the Energy Department's loan deal to back hydrogen
Assertion Partly supported
Hanson: Monolith built the world's largest plasma torch exceeding 16 megawatts
“I mean, so the key to our process is you got to get this really high temperature heat generated electrically. And so we use a plasma torch and we've now built the largest plasma torch in the history of the world. It's over 16 megawatts. It's high nineties perc…”
Rob Hanson Jan 10, 2022 ▶ 38:06 Inside the Energy Department's loan deal to back hydrogen
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hanson: Black mulch at Home Depot likely contains Monolith's carbon black
“So if you go to Home Depot and you buy mulch that happens to be colored black, it's likely got monoliths carbon black in it that's making it black.”
Rob Hanson Jan 10, 2022 ▶ 45:35 Inside the Energy Department's loan deal to back hydrogen
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