BOTTLED LIGHTNING: Superbatteries, Electric Cars, and the New Lithium Economy - Brossura

Fletcher, Seth

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ISBN 10: 0809030640 ISBN 13: 9780809030644

Casa editrice: Hill & Wang, 2012

Riassunto

Lithium batteries may hold the key to an environmentally sustainable, oil-independent future. From electric cars to a "smart" power grid that can actually store electricity, letting us harness the powers of the sun and the wind and use them when we need them, lithium—a metal half as dense as water, found primarily in some of the most uninhabitable places on earth—has the potential to set us on a path toward a low-carbon energy economy.

In Bottled Lightning, Seth Fletcher takes us on a fascinating journey, from the salt flats of Bolivia to the labs of MIT and Stanford, from the turmoil at GM to cutting-edge lithium-ion battery start-ups, introducing us to the key players and ideas in an industry with the power to reshape the world. Lithium is the thread that ties together many crucial stories of our time: the environmental movement; the American auto industry, staking its revival on the electrification of cars and trucks; the struggle between first-world countries in need of natural resources and the impoverished countries where those resources are found; and the overwhelming popularity of the portable, Internet-connected gadgets that are changing the way we communicate. With nearly limitless possibilities, the promise of lithium offers new hope to a foundering American economy desperately searching for a green-tech boom to revive it.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Seth Fletcher is a senior editor at Popular Science magazine. His writing has also appeared in Men's Journal, Outside, Salon, and other publications. He lives in Brooklyn.

Product Description:

In this illuminating, entertaining, and timely book, science reporter Fletcher takes readers on an exploration of the rise of lithium batteries and the implications of the new energy economy.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Hill & Wang
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0809030640
• ISBN 13: 9780809030644
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 274