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245 10 $aBottled lightning :$bsuperbatteries, electric cars, and the new lithium economy /$cSeth Fletcher.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bHill and Wang,$cc2011.
300 $a260 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [219]-240) and index.
505 0 $aThe electricians -- False start -- The wireless revolution -- Reviving the electric car -- The blank spot at the heart of the car -- The lithium wars -- The brink -- The stimulus -- The prospectors -- The lithium triangle -- The goal -- Global lithium reserves and identified resources.
520 $aThis book is an exploration of the rise of lithium batteries and the implications of the new energy economy. The tools that have become so ubiquitous, laptops, iPods, and cell phones, are all powered by lithium batteries. Chances are you've got some lithium on your person right now. This third element on the periodic table may also 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 wind and use them when we need them, lithium, a metal found primarily in some of the most uninhabitable places on Earth, is key to the path toward a carbon-free future. It is also shifting the geopolitical chessboard in profound ways. The author, a science reporter, takes us on a 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 ties together many key stories of our time: the environmental movement, the American auto industry (betting it all on the electrification of cars and trucks); the struggle between first-world countries in need of natural resources and the countries where those resources are found, and a foundering American economy, desperately searching for a green-tech boom to revive it. -- From publisher description.
650 0 $aLithium cells.
650 0 $aLithium industry.
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