“The energy transition will be more mineral- and metal-intensive than the current system is, [and] not from the same kind of things that are mined. So not from coal, but from cobalt, and nickel and steel, and aluminum, and silver, and all these things. It’s just a new economic and security paradigm that hasn’t been the center stage before.” 

-Morgan Bazilian, an energy expert and director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines. Record-high steel prices could hamper renewable rollout in near-term. [Emerging Tech Brew]