{"id":7532,"date":"2021-02-17T12:00:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2021\/02\/17\/how-albertas-old-oil-wells-could-feed-the-worlds-growing-hunger-for-lithium-podcast\/"},"modified":"2021-02-17T12:00:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T12:00:41","slug":"how-albertas-old-oil-wells-could-feed-the-worlds-growing-hunger-for-lithium-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2021\/02\/17\/how-albertas-old-oil-wells-could-feed-the-worlds-growing-hunger-for-lithium-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"How Alberta&#8217;s old oil wells could feed the world&#8217;s growing hunger for lithium \u2014 podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Breadcrumb Trail Links<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumbs__items list-unstyled\">\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\"> News <\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\"> Mining <\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\"> Energy <\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\"> Economy <\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\"> Commodities <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<p class=\"article-subtitle\"> Episode 89 of Down to Business podcast <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"published-by\">\n<p>Author of the article:<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"published-by__author\">Gabriel Friedman<\/span> <\/div>\n<div class=\"published-date\">\n<p>Publishing date:<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"published-date__since\">Feb 17, 2021<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"updated-date__since\">18\u00a0hours ago<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"published-date__word-count\">1 minute read<\/span> <\/div><\/div>\n<figure class=\"featured-image\"><picture class=\"featured-image__ratio featured-image-category__mining\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lithiumbatteries0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=564&amp;type=webp,&#10;            https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lithiumbatteries0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1128&amp;type=webp 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lithiumbatteries0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=564&amp;type=jpg,&#10;            https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lithiumbatteries0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1128&amp;type=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lithiumbatteries0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=472&amp;type=webp,&#10;            https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lithiumbatteries0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=944&amp;type=webp 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lithiumbatteries0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=472&amp;type=jpg,&#10;            https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lithiumbatteries0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=944&amp;type=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lithiumbatteries0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=288&amp;type=webp,&#10;            https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lithiumbatteries0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=576&amp;type=webp 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"featured-image__caption image-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Lithium batteries will revolutionize how we use energy. <\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Photo by Getty Images<\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>This week, on Down to Business, Chris Doornbros, CEO of Calgary-based E3 Metals, offers an inside look at lithium \u2014 a critical element for the cleantech economy.<\/p>\n<p>His company is working on technology to extract lithium from old depleted oil and gas reservoirs in Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>Doorbros explained lithium isn\u2019t the new oil, and it doesn\u2019t spell the end of Alberta\u2019s fossil fuel economy. On the contrary, nothing matches hydrocarbons, as an energy source, he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embedded-image\"><picture class=\"embedded-image__ratio\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E3METALS0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=564&amp;type=webp,&#10;            https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E3METALS0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1128&amp;type=webp 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E3METALS0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=564&amp;type=jpg,&#10;            https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E3METALS0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1128&amp;type=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E3METALS0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=472&amp;type=webp,&#10;            https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E3METALS0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=944&amp;type=webp 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E3METALS0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=472&amp;type=jpg,&#10;            https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E3METALS0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=944&amp;type=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E3METALS0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=288&amp;type=webp,&#10;            https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E3METALS0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=576&amp;type=webp 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"embedded-image__image lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E3METALS0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E3METALS0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=288,&#10;                https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E3METALS0216.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=576 2x\" height=\"722\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"image-caption\"><span class=\"caption\"> Chris Doornbos, chief executive of Calgary-based E3 Metals Corp.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Photo by AZIN GHAFFARI\/POSTMEDIA CALGARY FILES<\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But lithium ion batteries are revolutionizing the way we use energy: They\u2019re the reason we walk around with powerful computers \u2014 read smartphones \u2014 in our pockets. And even if everyone in Alberta started driving an electric vehicle tomorrow, the province would still be just as reliant on natural gas as it is today, Doornros said.<\/p>\n<p>There would be one crucial difference: instead of CO2 emissions coming out of every tailpipe, they\u2019d come out of a central power plant, where they could be easily captured, stored maybe even used for something.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" id=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/17972873\/height\/360\/theme\/legacy\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/\" style=\"--height: 360px; border: none\" width=\"360\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Listen on Apple Podcasts,\u00a0Spotify,\u00a0Stitcher\u00a0and\u00a0Google Play, where you can also subscribe to get new episodes every Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">If you have any questions about the show, or if there are topics you want us to tackle, email us:\u00a0downtobusiness@postmedia.com.<\/p>\n<section aria-labelledby=\"moreTopicLabel\" class=\"more-topic\"><button aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"more-topic__button-prev\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"previous\" type=\"button\"\/><button aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"more-topic__button-next\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"next\" type=\"button\"\/><\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/>How Alberta&#8217;s old oil wells could feed the world&#8217;s growing hunger for lithium \u2014 podcast<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2021-02-17 12:00:41<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breadcrumb Trail Links News Mining Energy Economy Commodities Episode 89 of Down to Business podcast Author of the article: Gabriel Friedman Publishing date: Feb 17, 2021 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 18\u00a0hours ago \u00a0\u2022\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/7533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}