>About 3 years ago I realized it could do this job, but it wasn’t clear that a startup could raise money for such an ambitious effort, especially one linked to

>About 3 years ago I realized it could do this job, but it wasn’t clear that a startup could raise money for such an ambitious effort, especially one linked to a political issue (unfortunately) like climate change. That is probably true, but unfortunate. FWIW I’m a major skeptic as to the harms of climate change, but I still find your startup very exciting. Whether or not climate change is an issue, having a renewable cost effective way to convert energy into hydrocarbons would be amazing! I’m curious whether you’re sticking to just focusing on the energy use case or continuing to develop other use cases such as the earlier desalination. There are likely lots of areas in industry where such membrane technology would provide a useful tool in the arsenal of methods to separate chemicals.