{"product_id":"the-rare-metals-war-the-dark-side-of-clean-ene","title":"The Rare Metals War\t\t\t\t\tThe Dark Side of Clean Ene","description":"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?\n\nThe green-tech revolution will reduce our dependency on nuclear power, coal, and oil, heralding a new era free of pollution, fossil-fuel shortages, and crossborder tensions. But there is a hidden dark side to this seemingly utopian vision.\n\nIn 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.\n\nThese 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.\n\nDrawing 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.","brand":"Guillaume Pitron (author), Bianca Jacobsohn (translator)","offers":[{"title":"Scribe Publications Pty Ltd \/ 14 Jan 2021 \/ 237","offer_id":53782734864725,"sku":"9781912854264","price":3.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0501\/4188\/8668\/files\/9781912854264.webp?v=1777385343","url":"https:\/\/www.bookworld.ie\/products\/the-rare-metals-war-the-dark-side-of-clean-ene","provider":"Book World Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}