A celebrated international bestseller that exposes the ticking time-bomb underneath our new technological order.
The resources race is on. Powering our digital lives and green technologies are some of the Earth's most precious metals - but they are running out. And what will happen when they do? The green-tech revolution will reduce our reliance on nuclear power, coal, and oil, but by breaking free of fossil fuels, we are setting ourselves up for a new dependence - on rare metals like cobalt, gold, and palladium. These are essential to electric vehicles, wind turbines, and solar panels, as well as our smartphones, computers, tablets, and other technologies. But we know very little about how rare metals are mined and traded, or their environmental, economic, and geopolitical costs - until now.
| ISBN: | 9781914484964 |
| Publication date: | 12th January 2023 |
| Author: | Guillaume Pitron |
| Publisher: | Scribe UK an imprint of Scribe Publications Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Genres: |
Alternative and renewable energy industries Organometallic chemistry Economic geology Geopolitics Environmental economics Energy resources Metals technology / metallurgy Engineering applications of electronic, magnetic, optical materials Energy efficiency Intermediate technology Energy industries and utilities Environmentalist thought and ideology Energy technology and engineering |