Zelená horečka - Vítězové a poražení elektrické budoucnosti – Sanderson Henry (2024)

Our dependence on fossil fuels should be solved by the electrification of everything. But will it be fair? ***** Human civilization, progress, and our standard of living fundamentally depend on energy. There are only a few sources of energy — and some of them are proving to be deadly for civilization. In recent years, we have witnessed immense pressure to transition from fossil fuels to sustainable and green alternatives: solar energy, wind, hydropower, and perhaps in the future, nuclear fusion. However, these sources bring a new challenge: How to store and distribute such energy, and how to fully utilize it? As a symbol of the green transformation, electric vehicles have perhaps emerged. However, batteries are expected to serve in areas beyond transportation in the future. An unrelenting race has thus begun to see who can most efficiently extract the necessary rare metals and minerals, process them, satisfy global production needs, and at the same time maintain the secrecy and favor of governments. Journalist Henry Sanderson, in his book Green Fever, travels from Chile to the Congo to China, visiting mines, laboratories, and massive factories, interviewing speculators, scientists, and billionaires, and trying to glimpse the future that green energy is set to bring.