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Since the first podcast that we did, I've been invited to go and speak at multiple levels of the Finnish and Swedish government. And they're taking it very seriously because Finland has committed to being fossil fuel or at least carbon neutral by 2035. 80% of our electricity is coming from non-fossil-fuel systems already. We can actually run an industrial sector without fossil fuels right now, which is amazing.

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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