Tony Seba

It’s possible for Berlin to reach net-zero emissions by 2030. Here’s how.

June 2, 2023 / By and

RethinkX believes it is possible for Berlin to reach net-zero emissions by 2030. In our 2022 report ‘Germany’s Path to ‘Freedom Energy’ by 2030′ we showed how converting Europe’s largest economy to 100% clean energy would usher in a new era of clean prosperity, self-sufficiency and environmental restoration. We concluded that net zero for electric …

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The fastest route to net zero is not a carbon tax: it’s ending the $6 trillion/year fossil fuel bailout

March 31, 2022 / By

Global business groups are calling on governments to pursue an international strategy on carbon pricing at the COP26 UN climate summit. While well-intentioned, the reality is we don’t need carbon pricing to create a level-playing field in global markets. We just need to end trillions of dollars of subsidies to the coal, oil and gas …

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Precision Regulation – Policy as a key shaper of the new food system

March 30, 2022 / By and

There is a major disruption coming to the food system, one that is well detailed in our report Rethinking Food and Agriculture. In the report, we identify the core disruptive technology over the next 10 years to be precision fermentation (PF). The regulation of PF is key to shaping the disruption. Regulation and the food …

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The Disruption of Insulin – The First Product from Precision Fermentation

March 30, 2022 / By , and

Today, we are on the cusp of multiple disruptions in food and  materials. So why now? In a previous blog we discussed how precision fermentation (PF) has been around for 40 years. We know this because we can pinpoint the first product commercialized from PF – human insulin. Human insulin is an illustrative example of how PF created a superior product that led to a rapid disruption of an incumbent product.

Take a Byte! Food-as-Software

October 26, 2021 / By and

Throughout history, technology has been the driving force behind major structural changes to the food system. The plough, fishing nets, irrigation, fermentation, canning, fertilizers, tractors and refrigeration, to name just a few, have enabled us to transition from hunter-gatherers to small-scale farmers to industrial food producers on a massive scale.