# Putting Oil Back Where It Belongs with Peter Reinhardt, CEO & Co-Founder of Charm Industrial

- Show: [Hardware to Save a Planet](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet)
- Published: 2022-06-09
- Length: 37m
- Episode: 1
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2022-06-09-putting-oil-back-where-it-belongs-with-peter-reinhardt-ceo-co-founder-of-charm-i
- Listen: https://podcasts.fame.so/e/rn7mk50n-peter-reinhardt

## Summary

Peter Reinhardt, CEO and Co-Founder of Charm Industrial, explains how his company converts waste biomass into bio-oil for permanent underground carbon sequestration. He details the hardware challenges of building mobile pyrolyzers to process fluffy biomass like corn stover and the geological engineering required for safe injection wells. Reinhardt also discusses the evolution of the carbon removal market, noting that while tech companies are early adopters, policy-driven markets will be essential for scaling to the hundreds of millions of tons needed.

## Chapters

- [0:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2022-06-09-putting-oil-back-where-it-belongs-with-peter-reinhardt-ceo-co-founder-of-charm-i#t=3) Introduction: Peter Reinhardt and Charm Industrial
- [1:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2022-06-09-putting-oil-back-where-it-belongs-with-peter-reinhardt-ceo-co-founder-of-charm-i#t=90) From Segment to Climate Tech
- [6:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2022-06-09-putting-oil-back-where-it-belongs-with-peter-reinhardt-ceo-co-founder-of-charm-i#t=411) The Bio-Oil Sequestration Process
- [8:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2022-06-09-putting-oil-back-where-it-belongs-with-peter-reinhardt-ceo-co-founder-of-charm-i#t=497) Market Dynamics and Customer Base
- [18:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2022-06-09-putting-oil-back-where-it-belongs-with-peter-reinhardt-ceo-co-founder-of-charm-i#t=1117) Hardware Challenges: Pyrolyzers and Injection
- [29:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2022-06-09-putting-oil-back-where-it-belongs-with-peter-reinhardt-ceo-co-founder-of-charm-i#t=1741) Scaling to 100 Million Tons
- [33:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2022-06-09-putting-oil-back-where-it-belongs-with-peter-reinhardt-ceo-co-founder-of-charm-i#t=2027) Future Opportunities in Climate Tech

## Topics

- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Pricing, margins & unit economics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pricing-and-unit-economics)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Charm Industrial (company)
- Segment (company)
- Stripe (company)
- Shopify (company)
- Microsoft (company)
- Frontier Climate (company)
- Climeworks (company)
- Monolith Materials (company)
- Sequel Nano (company)
- Planet Labs (company)
- bio-oil (product)
- pyrolyzer (tool)

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- [Growing the Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) market](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/catalyst/2022-05-05-growing-the-carbon-dioxide-removal-cdr-market) (Catalyst)
- [Building a decarbonization army with Shashank Samala of Heirloom](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2024-02-08-building-a-decarbonization-army-with-shashank-samala-of-heirloom) (How I Built This)

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