Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future

by Vince Beiser

The powerful ways the metals we need to fuel technology and energy are spawning environmental havoc, political upheaval, and rising violence -- and how we can do better.

An Australian millionaire's plan to mine the ocean floor. Nigerian garbage pickers risking their lives to salvage e-waste. A Bill Gates-backed entrepreneur harnessing AI to find metals in the Arctic.

These people and millions more are part of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593541707
• ISBN13: 9780593541708
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"