TBLI Talk:Unraveling Illusions: Challenges in the Unsustainable Shift to Renewables

Prof. Simon Michaux, an expert on energy and materials will debunk the myth of Sustainable Energy as achievable

Prof. Simon Michaux is developing a plan to transform our relationship between energy, minerals, and industrialization, as the existing proposed strategic plans are shown to be logistically impractical.

Simon and I will discuss the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables and electric vehicles and the mineral constraints in doing so. What the current problems are with adopting this transition and what potential solutions to the transition to the new paradigm for energy consumption?

What will you learn?

• -How many materials are needed for the full energy transition?
• -Is a full energy transition to renewables, realistic?
• -Can we phase out fossil fuels?