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The war below

lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives
Verfasser: Suche nach diesem Verfasser Scheyder, Ernest (Verfasser)
Verfasserangabe: Ernest Scheyder
Jahr: [2024]
Verlag: New York, [New York] ; [u.a.], One Signal Publishers, Atria
Mediengruppe: eBook/eResource
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This unprecedented look inside the global battle to power our lives is "required reading for anyone interested in the 360-degree impacts of the energy transition" (Daniel Poneman, former US Deputy Secretary of Energy) from acclaimed Reuters reporter Ernest Scheyder. To build electric vehicles, solar panels, cell phones, and millions of other devices means the world must dig more mines to extract lithium, copper, and other vital building blocks. But mines are deeply unpopular, even as they have a role to play in fighting climate change and powering crucial technologies. These tensions have sparked a worldwide reckoning over the sourcing of necessary materials, and no one understands the complexities of these issues better than Ernest Scheyder. The War Below reveals the explosive brawl among industry titans, conservationists, community groups, policymakers, and many others over whether the habitats of rare plants, sensitive ecosystems, Indigenous holy sites, and other places should be dug up for their riches. With accessible and "illuminating" (Chris Miller, author of Chip War) writing, Scheyder shows the human toll of this war and explains why recycling and other newer technologies have struggled to gain widespread use. He also expertly chronicles Washington's attempts to wean itself off supplies from China, the global leader in mineral production and processing. The War Below paints a powerfully honest and nuanced picture of what is at stake in this new fight for energy independence, revealing how America and the rest of the world's hunt for the "new oil" directly affects us all.
 
Contents
Prologue: A discovery -- Introduction: A turning point -- Choice -- Sacred space -- Radical work -- The leaf blower -- A longing -- A single point of failure -- Bright green lies? -- A rebirth -- Lonely are the brave -- The neighbors -- "Electricity means copper" -- The entrepreneur -- Green technology -- An elusive prize -- The seedlings -- Epilogue.

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Verfasser: Suche nach diesem Verfasser Scheyder, Ernest (Verfasser)
Verfasserangabe: Ernest Scheyder
Jahr: [2024]
Verlag: New York, [New York] ; [u.a.], One Signal Publishers, Atria
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ISBN: 978-1-668-01182-9
2. ISBN: 978-1-668-01180-5
Beschreibung: 1 Online-Ressource (370 Seiten), Illustrationen
Schlagwörter: Ressourcen, Natural Resources, mineral industries, Geopolitics, Energy transition, Resources, Natürliche Ressourcen, World Politics, Geopolitik, Weltpolitik, Energiewende
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Sprache: eng
Mediengruppe: eBook/eResource