الوصف
Exposing the dark paradox hidden behind the modern clean energy revolution, this gripping work of investigative journalism reveals the devastating human and environmental exploitation driving the global transition away from fossil fuels. As international tech conglomerates and green energy advocates champion electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, and consumer electronics as the messianic antidote to climate change, a cutthroat geopolitics rush operates beneath the surface. Journalist Nicolas Niarchos takes readers on a sweeping world tour from the high-tech development laboratories of California, Tokyo, and Shenzhen to the brutal, war-torn mines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the polluted coastlines of Indonesia. Unpacking the multibillion-dollar international trade networks controlling critical minerals like cobalt, lithium, and nickel, the narrative details a shocking saga of corporate greed, government corruption, and systemic worker abuse. This essential, unputdownable narrative forces global consumers to confront the true, tragic human collateral of our technological progress, completely redefining how the modern world thinks about clean energy.
