Volt Rush
- Author Henry Sanderson
- Narrator Rory Barnett
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 23 August 2022
- Run Time 9 hours and 24 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Electrical engineering, Energy, power generation, distribution and storage, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Mining technology and engineering.
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What to expect
In the twentieth century, wealth and power was dictated by access to oil. This century will have different kingmakers, perhaps different wars.
We depend on a handful of metals and rare earths to power our phones and computers. Increasingly, we rely on them to power our cars and our homes. Whoever controls these finite commodities will become rich beyond imagining.
Sanderson journeys to meet the characters, companies, and nations scrambling for the new resources, linking remote mines in the Congo and Chile’s Atacama Desert to giant Chinese battery factories, shadowy commodity traders, secretive billionaires, and a new generation of scientists attempting to solve the dilemma of a “greener” world.
Critics Review
“A vital contribution to the emerging literature that’s pulling back the curtain on energy realities.”
“Does a good job of getting the reader up to speed in terms of what goes into an electric battery and why we need to be cognizant of the environmental impacts.”
“Makes a great contribution in understanding what a green future entails—and what costs it might involve right now.”
“Rory Barnett’s narration strikes a hopeful tone in this evenhanded look at the past and future of green vehicles. With his clipped BBC accent…the message remains positive.”
“The climate crisis leaves us no choice but to build a new world, and as Sanderson makes clear, we are capable of making it a better one.”
“A riveting guide to our perilous future.”
“This is a terrific book…What makes the book so compelling is the cast of colorful characters he meets and the insightful judgements he makes.”
“We have become dangerously dependent on China which now dominates global battery supply. All this can change and Volt Rush shows us how.”
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