From the Club of Rome to the degrowth movement, environmental concerns often lead to calls for scaling back our energy use. But a future of abundant, clean energy is possible. One promising technology is advanced geothermal energy, whereby power plants convert the heat beneath the Earth's crust into electricity. And how do we get to that heat? The folks at Quaise Energy want to use microwaves to vaporize rock, boring superdeep shafts into the surface of the planet.
In this episode of Faster, Please! — The Podcast, I'm joined by Kevin Bonebrake, chief financial officer and head of corporate development at Quaise Energy. Bonebrake joined the company in May, coming over from Lazard, where he was a managing director in the financial advisory business focused on the energy industry. Below is an edited transcript of our conversation.
