The Rare Metals War - The dark side of clean energy and digital technologies

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.

Product details

• Authors: Guillaume Pitron
• Assisted by: Bianca Jacobsohn (Translation)
• Publisher: Scribe Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 09.02.2023
• EAN: 9781914484964
• ISBN: 978-1-914484-96-4
• No. of pages: 263
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, NATURE / Rocks & Minerals, Geopolitics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Metallurgy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Energy Policy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Technology, Environmental Economics, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Energy technology & engineering, Metals technology / metallurgy, Energy industries & utilities, Energy Efficiency, Energy resources, Alternative & renewable energy industries, Economic Geology, Intermediate technology