Circus AND Circuit: Unraveling Global Trade with Kate Foronda
Kate Foronda
20 episodes
1 week ago
In this episode, Kate Foronda explores the minerals that quietly power our world from lithium and cobalt to aluminium and rare earth elements. These resources drive electric vehicles, renewable energy, and artificial intelligence, but they also carry enormous environmental, social, and geopolitical costs. Kate shares insights from her travels across Chile, where she saw how mining has shaped communities from the oil fields of the south to the lithium basins of the north. She unpacks how...
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In this episode, Kate Foronda explores the minerals that quietly power our world from lithium and cobalt to aluminium and rare earth elements. These resources drive electric vehicles, renewable energy, and artificial intelligence, but they also carry enormous environmental, social, and geopolitical costs. Kate shares insights from her travels across Chile, where she saw how mining has shaped communities from the oil fields of the south to the lithium basins of the north. She unpacks how...
Episode 14: The Electric Bill of Intelligence: Energy and AI
Circus AND Circuit: Unraveling Global Trade with Kate Foronda
17 minutes
2 months ago
Episode 14: The Electric Bill of Intelligence: Energy and AI
Artificial intelligence may feel invisible — but its power bill is very real. In this episode of Circus and Circuit: Unraveling Global Trade, host Kate Foronda explores how AI’s explosive growth is putting pressure on the world’s power grids, energy markets, and environmental ambitions. From data center alley in Virginia to solar cities in Saudi Arabia, we trace the global electricity footprint of algorithms and automation. You’ll learn: Why data centers could consume up to 4% of global elect...
Circus AND Circuit: Unraveling Global Trade with Kate Foronda
In this episode, Kate Foronda explores the minerals that quietly power our world from lithium and cobalt to aluminium and rare earth elements. These resources drive electric vehicles, renewable energy, and artificial intelligence, but they also carry enormous environmental, social, and geopolitical costs. Kate shares insights from her travels across Chile, where she saw how mining has shaped communities from the oil fields of the south to the lithium basins of the north. She unpacks how...
