Is There a Difference Between Net Zero and the Global Narratives?

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The default would be to grow a bigger global system using more fossil fuels and more renewables. We will re-materialize our mineral and product source on the manufacturing side. So we're pushing against multiple limits. The economic system that the net zero plan is dependent upon actually won't work anymore.

On this episode, mining and geology expert Simon Michaux returns to give a preliminary framework for responses to the coming energy and material constraints described in the previous episode. This includes both practical thoughts for how to organize communities around resources and also a shift in mindset from short term to long-term and from competition to cooperation. How do we simultaneously lay out all of the biophysical constraints on the table so that we can begin preparing for and adapting to a changing future?

About Simon Michaux

Dr. Simon Michaux is an Associate Professor of Geometallurgy at the Geological Survey of Finland. He has a PhD in mining engineering. Dr. Michaux’s long-term work is on societal transformation toward a circular economy.

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