# Casey Handmer

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425R_The Energy Foundation – Why Affordable, Reliable Energy Is the Key to Jobs, Cost of Living, and Resilience (book summary)

Are you interested in why energy is the foundation of all opportunities and challenges? Our debate today works with the book titled The Energy Foundation – Why Affordable, Reliable Energy Is the Key to Jobs, Cost of Living, and Resilience from 2026, by AJ Perkins with yours truly, Fanni Melles. T…

426I_AJ Perkins, founder, clean energy strategist and award winning author

"Energy is not one of those silos. Energy is the foundation. You cannot fix any of those challenges at scale if you haven't fixed the energy beneath them." Are you interested in why energy is the foundation of our challenges and opportunities? What do you think about thinking in 7 generations? How …

Ethereum’s Vitalik on Self-Agency, Ex NASA physicist says Australia is chopped, and Post-AI’s Permanent Underclass | Best Of 5/14/26

The best moments from MTS on May 14: Vitalik Buterin on sanctuary technology and crypto's role in a changing world, Casey Handmer on Energy Autarky, and the economic collapse of nations, Jasmine Sun on AI labor disruption and the permanent underclass meme, and Dr. Topol and Dr. Slotkin on autonomou…

429R_Cities as labor markets – The efficiency of large labor markets is the main cause of ever-growing cities (book chapter summary)

Are you interested in the dynamics of urban productivity? Our debate today works with the book chapter titled Cities as labor markets – The efficiency of large labor markets is the main cause of ever-growing cities from 2018, by Alain Bertaud, part of the book titled Order Without Design: How Mark…

430I_Alain Bertaud, urbanist and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University

"Nothing really succeeds as planned, but it succeeds on the side of the plan." Are you interested in market-oriented urban development? What do you think about cities as friends? How can we create projections without making them regulations? Interview with Alain Bertaud, urbanist and Distinguished…

Galaxy Quest: Who are the start-ups banking on space?

The sky is no longer the limit for entrepreneurs as they set their sights on space. SpaceX has made science fiction ideas a reality but who could be next in line to be the biggest name in space? Dr. Casey Handmer, the founder of Terraform Industries, takes Dr. Kate Devlin on a voyage through the wo…

How China Just Outplayed America? | Casey Handmer: Founder, Terraform Industries

Summary: While everyone obsesses over AI chips and compute power, the REAL bottleneck in the AGI race is energy. China knows this. America is just waking up.In this deep-dive conversation, Casey Handmer—Founder of Terraform Industries and former NASA JPL engineer—reveals why the US-China AI compet…

How to Build a Mars City That Doesn’t Need Earth | Casey Handmer

How do you build a city on Mars that can survive without Earth?Casey Handmer broke it down from the ground up.The Starship fleet. The power supply. The factories you need before the first settlers arrive.We also got into radiation, finding water, and why he thinks the Moon has surprisingly little w…

Why Elon Outcompetes Everyone | Casey Handmer, Terraform Industries

Casey is the Founder of Terraform Industries. He's written a bunch of great essays on Elon's Mass Driver, Starship, the economics of space compute, Starmind, and how Elon operates

The Man Making Oil From Sunlight and Air | Casey Handmer

Casey Handmer is the founder and CEO of Terraform Industries, a company building machines that turn sunlight and air into synthetic fuel.00:00 Making fuel from sunlight and air02:48 How Terraform's technology works05:54 The hardest manufacturing problems08:59 Inside Terraform Industries12:05 How Ca…