Last week I was honored to be invited to speak at the Rice Baker Institute‘s Annual Energy Summit on a panel about critical minerals and materials transitions. The panel was capably moderated by Michelle Michot Foss, a topical expert, and I joined some top-notch fellow panelists from the lithium, batteries, and legal fields.
If you would like to see just my section, here is an abbreviated edit. During my introduction and in response to a few questions, I covered:
- Why energy and materials are inextricably intertwined and you can’t have an energy transition without a materials transition.
- DexMat, Galvorn, and new applications enabled by a material that is stronger than steel, lighter than aluminum, conductive, flexible, recyclable, and sustainable to produce.
- Why there is no better place than the United States to scale up production of such carbon nanomaterials.
- Why there is no such thing as “green steel.”
- My “policy prescription” for the US government to build and extend leadership in the materials on which the next century will be built.
Give it a watch and let me know your feedback. What do you think, will critical minerals and materials transitions play a significant role in the energy transition?