Sách - La guerre des métaux rares: la face cachée de la transition énergétiq by Bianca Jacobsohn (UK edition, paperback)

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Publisher: Independent Alliance

Origin: United Kingdom (Imported)

ISBN 13: 9781914484964

Condition: Brandnew

Binding: paperback

Pages: 288

Dimensons: 234 x 153 x 21 | 400 (gram)

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 dependency on nuclear power, coal, and oil, heralding a new era free of pollution, fossil-fuel shortages, and crossb tensions. But there is a hidden dark side to this seemingly utopian vision.

In this international bestseller, award-winning journalist and documentary-maker Guillaume Pitron reveals that, by breaking free of fossil fuels, we are in fact setting ourselves up for a new dependence — on rare metals such as 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; meanwhile, China has captured the lion’s share of the market and is using it to consolidate its position as a leading global power.

Drawing on six years of research across a dozen countries, The Rare Metals War is a vital exposé of the ticking time-bomb that lies beneath our new technological order.

• Like Prisoners of Geography and This Changes Everything, this book reveals the hidden ways that resources shape our societies and will determine our future.
• This book is revelatory and will be controversial at a time when all roads already lead to China, it should act as a huge wake-up call for Western societies addicted to cutting-edge digital and energy technologies.

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‘Recognising that the latest technologies might not be as green as we like to think is a good place to start planning for a better world.’

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‘[T]he journalist and filmmaker warns against the optimistic belief that technology is the solution … At a time when many claim to be “s of the world” or retreat into naive or hypocritical protectionism, Pitron’s book is an attempt to open people’s eyes to the consequences of their societal choices and lifestyles.’

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‘Both novel and eye opening … The Rare Metals War is worth the read.’

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‘French Writer and analyst Guillaume Pitron warns about growing reliance on rare-earth metal – which are necessary to build high-tech products … He shines a light on “the untold story” of the energy and digital transitions.’

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‘An expert account of a poorly understood but critical element in our economy.’

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‘[E]xposes the dirty underpinnings of clean technologies in a debut that raises valid questions about energy extraction.’

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‘The Rare Metals War is Guillaume Pitron’s urgent exposé of the race for resources and an examination of its environmental and human impacts.’

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