Deep Sea Mining – The Law of Unintended Consequences with Roger Atkins

Our host Emily Hersh and Roger Atkins discuss the polymetallic modules containing nickel, manganese, cobalt and copper that can be found on the ocean floor leading to the big question, Are we going to mine the ocean floors? The discussion gives an excellent background and overview of last 23 years with Western Countries and China and how we have arrived at the current state of the global battery arms race. Are the same forces at play within western carmakers that publicly suppor...

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The Manhattan Project helped the US defeat the Nazis. Project Apollo put a person on the moon and hastened the defeat of the Soviet Union. Western supply chains are more vulnerable to China every day. It raises the question: Does the US want to stay a Superpower? Welcome to the Minerals Manhattan Podcast.