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The book discussed the global battle to power our lives using minerals like Lithium and Copper. The author mentioned investigating where critical minerals in household appliances powered by lithium-ion batteries come from, finding the supply chain tracking extremely difficult.
I'm also the author of a book called The War Below, Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives.
— Episode: The minerals that rule our world
Episode: The minerals that rule our world
The book discussed the global battle to power our lives using minerals like Lithium and Copper. The author mentioned investigating where critical minerals in household appliances powered by lithium-ion batteries come from, finding the supply chain tracking extremely difficult.
I'm also the author of a book called The War Below, Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives.
As part of my book, I actually went down this rabbit hole of trying to figure out where do all the critical minerals come from in these leaf blowers and other household appliances now that are powered by lithium ion batteries.
And I couldn't actually find an answer because tracking that supply chain was extremely difficult.
Your book is called The War Below, which nods to some of the tension.
His book is called The War Below, Lithium, Copper and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives.