The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 'TODAY'
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The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 'TODAY'

Lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 'TODAY'

Lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives

About this book

A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION, AND THE FT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD The trillion-dollar battle for the resources to power our future. Oil and gas defined the twentieth century. Now lithium, copper, cobalt, rare earths and nickel will define the twenty-first. The world is moving towards replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy. But building electric vehicles, solar panels, and millions of other devices requires digging more mines. Critical minerals are vital to many sustainable technologies, and the competition for them is intensifying. Nations which aspire to energy independence are ever more intertwined: a hedge fund manager's attempt to revive rare earths mining in California needs Chinese expertise, and international reliance on Africa's mining sector persists despite concern over child labour. Meanwhile, ecological dilemmas abound: a proposed lithium mine in Nevada would help global car manufacturers slash their dependence on fossil fuels, but developing that mine could cause the extinction of a flower found nowhere else on the planet. As investors attempt to predict how the geopolitics of resource extraction will unfold, this is a story of the industry giants, researchers, and policymakers at the forefront of the new energy wars.

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Information

Publisher
Ithaka
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781804186367
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Business General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise for The War Below
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Epigraph
  7. Contents
  8. Maps
  9. PROLOGUE: A Discovery
  10. INTRODUCTION: A Turning Point
  11. CHAPTER ONE: A Choice
  12. CHAPTER TWO: Sacred Space
  13. CHAPTER THREE: Radical Work
  14. CHAPTER FOUR: The Leaf Blower
  15. CHAPTER FIVE: A Longing
  16. CHAPTER SIX: A Single Point of Failure
  17. CHAPTER SEVEN: Bright Green Lies?
  18. CHAPTER EIGHT: A Rebirth
  19. CHAPTER NINE: Lonely Are the Brave
  20. CHAPTER TEN: The Neighbors
  21. CHAPTER ELEVEN: “Electricity Means Copper”
  22. CHAPTER TWELVE: The Entrepreneur
  23. CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Green Technology
  24. CHAPTER FOURTEEN: An Elusive Prize
  25. CHAPTER FIFTEEN: The Seedlings
  26. EPILOGUE
  27. Acknowledgments
  28. Notes
  29. Index
  30. About the Author

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