Lawrence Rocks: The Green Revolution & Robotics | SALT Talks #63

Lawrence Rocks received his Master of Science in Chemistry from Purdue University, and his Doctor of Science from Technische Hochschule Vienna, where he wrote his doctoral thesis in German in the field of analytical chemistry. He authored two books, The Energy Crisis (1972) and Developing Your Chemistry Fundamentals and Fuels for Tomorrow, with the former proving influential in creating the United States Department of Energy. In the immediate future, our dependency on oil will remain constant. Technology needs to advance around extraction and storage before we can look at dialing down our consumption. However, oil and natural gas will likely never fully go away. Instead, we’ll learn how to use both more efficiently and only for industries that truly require the resource. ————————————————————————— To learn more about this episode, including podcast transcripts and show notes, visit salt.org/talks Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci.