Assoc Prof Simon Michaux - The quantity of metals required to manufacture just one generation of...

This is the single most important video on YouTube. I'm in America, and while most assume our elected leaders are just ignorant simpletons, I would argue that they're not, they probably know what you know and are just lying to us. Thank you so much for this information. Absolutely staggering. I've listened to it like three times in a row just to absorb it all. ❤❤

This was an immense amount of work on your part Prof. Simon Michaux - thank you for the presentation. It was incredibly thorough and helpful.

Brilliant lecture!! As an investor in the commodities sector, the integrity of this mans research is incredible, how fortunate to find this online. Thank you, sir, for sharing.

Great presentation - thank you. A couple of points not mentioned at all is the vast extent of new high voltage transmission lines that will be needed to connect all the intermittent power generation plants. Here in north Queensland (Australia) high biodiverse forests will need to be carved up and fragmented to connect proposed outlying wind and solar plants to existing high voltage transmission corridors. Additionally, another point not mentioned is the vast amount of cement per turbine at 1,000 -1,400 tonnes per foundation. We are seeing new quarry sites constructed to supply the raw materials for wind farm construction. Approx. 300km of new haulage roads are needed for just two proposed wind farms here. All this new construction requires road base and quarried rock for stabilisation works.

Thank you. It's so refreshing to find someone that thinks clearly and is capable of seeing reality, even when it's unpleasant.

Years to produce the quantity of 1st generation metals needed was a surprising calculation to consider. Awesome work

this was the best presentation one has watched in a very long time....Bless your heart and keep up your awesome research and reporting and sharing.......Bravo....Travel safe.....

Love dry Aussie humour... allows listening to approaching catastrophe with a smile!

This is so refreshing!! Not that it's all good news because, frankly, it isn't. But that it's a presentation by someone who realizes the need for this to happen and isn't afraid to expose the inconvenience of the facts to the light of day.

What a fantastic insightful analysis, thank you so much! Looking forward to sharing and discussing with my colleagues. Thank you for sharing this excellent presentation with us.

Excellent presentation. Answers many questions I had about where the resources would come from for the transition. Sad to think those proposing this transition have barely thought it through at all.

All the bickering in the comments section just illustrates that most people don't get the unchangeable fact that the earth has limits. The idea that we can continue consuming like we have been simply by switching to "renewables" is just silly. It' magical thinking.

I really hope more people see this and start really asking those hard questions. We're going to be living radically different lives, very soon.

Wow, that was great. Many thanks for the work. I really like that line : "From a biology point of view, the size and complexity of a system is related to the energy you put into it. If the energy reduces, the system must shrink in size and then has to become less complex."

As a former exploration geologist turned energy/climate venture capitalist, this is the most rational and common sense analysis of the materials required to achieve the goals and platitudes communicated by the international institutions.

This presentation is extremely important. I will endeavour to share this very widely on social media. Thanks for doing this work. The time for future planning is NOW. let's be well prepared.

CONGRATULATIONS 👏👏 FOR THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION/EVENT

I work in this field - it shocked me that very few from industry were aware or had even considered this. I’ve brought it up with many… sadly who gave me a blank stare, many shrugging saying “who knows” when I start mentioning materials/energy costs of production over lifecycle and the issues therein. The problem is more widespread than previously thought… professionals are leaving petrochemical etc due to their “knowledge” of green tech at large and the “moral dilemma” of what they perceived themselves to be doing. Whereas I on the other hand am fully aware of the pitfalls, and realistic that this one size fits all “solution” is nothing of the sort, their “plans” are laughable. From manufacturing, “recycling” to installation - issues and outright scams left right and centre. Some very good tech and ideas, lots of potential. Will it eventually take a large portion of energy production from oil/gas…? Probably - but it will take time. Lots of it. Too fast too far seems to be the default setting of everyone at the moment. We need to slow down across many societal issues. The point on not enough power for the next industrial revolution will likely be moot - assume less consumption caused by…..

This is essential, data driven analysis. I highly encourage everyone to study this information so that we can intelligently share and discuss it widely. Very few people are aware of these boundary defining realities. Pragmatic and data driven decisions will be crucial to avoiding wasted moves with what we have left, and to steer the conversation toward the best possible outcomes that remain viable.

This is a HIGHLY worthwhile presentation of the many aspects that need to be considered in building our energy future. The author does not pretend to present solutions, and he makes clear that the data he uses and the calculations he makes are only very rough — and he invites others to improve on them and on his analyses. That is what "science" is about. I am not an "expert" (a much-misused term!) in anything, but I read, watch and listen widely, always looking for two main aspects: is it interesting to me, and does it seem to be presented sensibly (which might be opposite to my own view). This presentation gets an A+.