The rare metals war : the dark side of clean energy and digital technologies / Guillaume Pitron ; tr...
The rare metals war : the dark side of clean energy and digital technologies / Guillaume Pitron ; tr...
The rare metals war : the dark side of clean energy and digital technologies / Guillaume Pitron ; translated by Bianca Jacobsohn.
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Melbourne, Vic. ; London : Scribe, 2020.
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G 2021/0520
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Language
English
French
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Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The rare metals curse -- The dark side of green and digital technologies -- Delocalised pollution -- The West under embargo -- High-tech hold-up -- The day China overtook the West -- The race for precision-guided missiles -- Mining goes global -- The last of the backwaters -- Epilogue.
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Publisher
Melbourne, Vic. ; London : Scribe, 2020.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
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 a...
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Full title
The rare metals war : the dark side of clean energy and digital technologies / Guillaume Pitron ; translated by Bianca Jacobsohn.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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In English, translated from the French.
Translation Of
Translation of: La guerre des métaux rares. Les liens qui Libèrent, 2018.
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©2020
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G 2021/0520
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74VKaRZzj6GO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaRZzj6GO
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ISBN
1950354318
9781950354313
DDC
338.27494
MMS ID
991024389471002626
