How real is fake meat? A niche product for vegetarians or bound to bring the end of animal farming? The brothers think that such a day is a long way into the future. But they identify an overlooked underdog – artificial milk!
Monthly Archives: February 2020
Making Money in Space – Starlink, Asteroids and Senators
The brothers discuss what will happen once NASA has spent all its money on the Orion capsule. Will SpaceX make money with Starlink? Or should they rather focus on mining asteroids? What will space tourism look like and should you open a liquor store on Mars any time soon?
Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin – Trees, Chainsaws and the Rule of Law
Tesla wants to build a factory near Berlin. Ingmar is scared the plans will be cancelled but he can’t keep himself from getting overly excited. Konstantin won’t stop praising the German bureaucracy for some reason, but both agree that the factory will be a win both for Tesla and the traditional German automakers.
Electric cars – Batteries, Hybrids and Hydrogen
Ingmar and Konstantin disagree about the future of battery electric vehicles and hybrids. They trace it back to one key wildcard factor. When it comes to the impact of a petrol-free future on our lives however, they agree.
Autonomous cars
We nerd out about different approaches to autonomous driving, which companies have the best shot at making it happen, if ever. We also talk about second-order effects, how an autonomous future will impact the world around us.