Mining Our Way to Net Zero

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Mining Our Way to Net Zero

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Dec 12, 2022

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Dr. Simon Michaux, Associate Professor at Geometallurgy at Geological Survey of Finland, uncovers the truth about the vast mining requirements behind any proposed transition to a "clean" energy future.
Watch the Decouple Studios episode on Dr. Michaux's work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19-gqgugKOc
Read academic works by Dr. Michaux: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Simon-Michaux-2

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Dec 12, 2022

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There are technologies that decouple human well-being from its ecological impacts. There are politics that enable these technologies. Join me as I interview world experts to uncover hope in this time of planetary crisis.

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Mining Our Way to Net Zero

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