FUTURE Seminar by Emre Erdem

“Social Impacts of Renewable Energy Technologies”

 Emre Erdem

Energy and its resources are one of the most debated issues today. In this talk we will try to find out answers to the following questions: Will renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and hydrogen be able to solve the energy problems of the future through the development of technology and material science? Can new metal/non-metal mines be discovered? Is nuclear energy a solution for energy demands? Why is the lithium ion so important? Can we recharge our mobile phone while we are doing sports? Can we generate electricity from tears? Can electric cars compete in Formula 1 tracks? How small can be a single transistor and why we need quantum computers? In this Future Seminar called "Social Impact of Renewable Energy Technologies", we will look for an answer to all these questions and try to figure out the impacts of such energy technologies on the society.