{"product_id":"9781804186374","title":"The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 ‘TODAY’ : Lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Scheyder, Ernest \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eGeopolitics\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 20 February 2025 by Bonnier Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 213 x 37 | 266g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARAN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION, AND FT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDThe trillion-dollar battle for the resources to power our future. Oil and gas defined the twentieth century. Now lithium, copper, cobalt, rare earths and nickel will define the twenty-first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world is moving towards replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy. But building electric vehicles, solar panels, and millions of other devices requires digging more mines. Critical minerals are vital to many sustainable technologies, and the competition for them is intensifying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNations aspiring to energy independence are ever more intertwined: a hedge fund manager's attempt to revive rare earths mining in California needs Chinese expertise, and global reliance on Africa's mining sector persists despite child labour concerns. Meanwhile, ecological dilemmas abound: a proposed lithium mine in Nevada may help car manufacturers slash their dependence on fossil fuels, but developing the mine may cause the extinction of a flower found nowhere else on the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs investors attempt to predict how resource extraction's geopolitics will unfold, this is a story of  industry giants, researchers, and policymakers at the forefront of the new energy wars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Guisborough Bookshop Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51122333122896,"sku":"9781804186374","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0860\/4988\/2448\/files\/9781804186374_73d6e3d6-7049-4137-b6b7-6ffe97e6852b.jpg?v=1765991870","url":"https:\/\/guisboroughbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781804186374","provider":"guisboroughbookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}