Full course description
The green energy transition requires significantly increasing the extraction of resources including cobalt, copper, graphite, lithium, nickel, and many others to build battery electric vehicles, photovoltaic solar, wind turbines, and grid-scale battery storage. Where do these resources come from? Will they be available on the timescale we need? What are the economic, environmental and sociopolitical implications? Please join me for a presentation where I answer these questions and more. Adam C. Simon is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan and the Faculty Director for the Michigan Research & Discovery Scholars (MRADS) Living Learning Community. His scholarly work focuses on the global flow of energy and mineral resources with an emphasis on the geologic availability of energy critical metals
The Transition to Renewable Energy: Truth and Consequences
Professor Adam C. Simon
Distinguished Lecture Series
11-14-2023