The Rare Metals War: The Dark Side of Clean Energy and Digital Technologies - Couverture souple

Pitron, Guillaume

 
9781950354313: The Rare Metals War: The Dark Side of Clean Energy and Digital Technologies
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ISBN 10 : 1950354318 ISBN 13 : 9781950354313
Editeur : Scribe Us, 2020

Synopsis

Is the shift to renewable energy and digital devices going to free us from severe pollution, material shortages, and military tensions?

Rare metals are essential to electric vehicles, fighter jets, wind turbines, and solar panels, and also to our smartphones, computers, tablets, and other everyday connected objects. But consumers know very little about how they are mined and traded, or the environmental, economic, and geopolitical costs of this dependence.

This book reveals the dark side of the world that awaits us. It is an undercover tale of a technological odyssey that has promised much, and a look behind the scenes. Behind it all lurks China, which has captured the lion's share of the ownership and processing of rare metals we now can't do without. Drawing on six years of research across a dozen countries, this book shows that by breaking free of fossil fuels, we are in fact setting ourselves up for a new dependence--on rare metals that have become vital to our new ecological and digital society.

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À propos des auteurs

Guillaume Pitron, born in 1980, is a French award-winning journalist and documentary-maker for France's leading television channels. His work focuses on commodities and on the economic, political, and environmental issues associated with their use. The Rare Metals War, his first book, sold 80,000 copies in France and has been translated into ten languages. Guillaume Pitron holds a master's degree in international law from the University of Georgetown (Washington, DC), and is a TEDx speaker. More information at www.en-guillaumepitron.com.



Bianca Jacobsohn is a South African and French translator and conference interpreter who specialises in energy, finance, strategic metals, and diplomacy. More information at www.biancajacobsohn.com.

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Éditeur
Scribe Us
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1950354318
ISBN 13 
9781950354313
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781912854264: The Rare Metals War: the dark side of clean energy and digital technologies

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ISBN 10 :  1912854260 ISBN 13 :  9781912854264
Editeur : Scribe Publications, 2021
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