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008			200607s2020 vraa b 000 0 eng d
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019			_a1144104557
020			_a9781925849325 _q(pbk.)
020			_a1925849325 _q(pbk.)
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020			_a9781950354313
035			_a(OCoLC)1156989403 _z(OCoLC)1144104557
092			_a338.2749 _bP686
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aPitron, Guillaume, _eauthor.
240	1	0	_aGuerre des métaux rares. _lEnglish
245	1	4	_aThe rare metals war : _bthe dark side of clean energy and digital technologies / _cGuillaume Pitron ; translated by Bianca Jacobsohn.
264		1	_aMelbourne, Vic. : _bScribe, _c2020.
300			_axi, 263 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aFirst published as: La guerre des métaux rares, 2018.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aIs 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 about how they are mined and traded, or the environmental, economic, and geopolitical costs of this dependence. This book reveals the dark side of the world that awaits us. It is an undercover tale of a technological odyssey that has promised much, and a look behind the scenes. Behind it all lurks China, which has captured the lion's share of the ownership and processing of rare metals we now can't do without. Drawing on six years of research across a dozen countries, this book shows that by breaking free of fossil fuels, we are in fact setting ourselves up for a new dependence--on rare metals that have become vital to our new ecological and digital society.
546			_aTranslated from the French.
505	0		_aThe 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.
650		0	_aRare earth metals _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aRare earth industry _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aRare earth industry _xPolitical aspects.
650		0	_aRare earth metals _xPolitical aspects.
650		0	_aRare earth metals _xEconomic aspects.
650		0	_aEnvironmental toxicology. _961082
700	1		_aJacobson, Bianca, _etranslator.
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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