What’s Your Problem? The Giant Torch That May Help Save the World

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Selling hydrogen to make fertilizer is a huge business. It also drives tons of carbon emissions. Rob Hanson, the co-founder and CEO of a company called Monolith is trying to create hydrogen without emissions — and to do it at scale, at a competitive price. A key tool he’s using: The biggest plasma torch ever built.

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Jacob Goldstein

Jacob Goldstein spent more than a decade as co-host of the Planet Money podcast. He's also the author of the book Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing, which the New…