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 support the sustainable agenda, while in the background continuing to operate solely focused on profit? 

The ocean floors will be mined, the question remains by whom and what will be the unintended consequences?

Roger Atkins – Biography

Roger has always enjoyed a challenge - which is perhaps why he's so actively involved in the EV revolution, something he's been busy with for almost 20 years in fact!

At the same time, he's built an engaged audience on Linkedin for his electric vehicle narrative, which now has a global following fast approaching 300,000 people. He's worked within established automotive OEM's as well as taking several leaps of faith at start-ups including virgincars, gibbs amphibians, and well over a decade ago, electric truck company Modec.

These days he's busy hosting or speaking at important industry events, as well as active advisory roles for a few companies including electric aircraft enterprise Zeroavia, Innovative Graphite processor Urbix Resources, the Fully Charged Show, and  the non-profit Canadian organisation ‘Energy Disruptors’ amongst a few others

Follow Roger Atkins on LinkedIn  @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogeratkins/

During the discussion various books, articles, talks and lectures were referenced which can be found below;

Benchmark Article on Senate Hearing Feb 2019
https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/blog-archive/benchmarks-minerals-simon-moores-warns-senate-us-a-bystander-in-battery-raw-materials/

Henry Sanderson – Volt Rush
https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/17/volt-rush-by-henry-sanderson-review-winners-losers-in-the-race-to-go-green

Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism – John Elkington
https://books.google.com.py/books/about/Green_Swans.html?id=KEkTyQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread--And Why They Stop

by Adam Kucharski
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/adam-kucharski/the-rules-of-contagion/9781541674332/?lens=basic-books