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BOOK REVIEW: Power Metal (The Race For The Resources That Will Shape The Future)

By Vince Beiser. Riverhead Books, New York. Hard Cover, 257 pp with bibliography and index. US$32

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John Berthelsen
Jan 25, 2025
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The sad fact of living an environmentally sensitive life is that it is almost as destructive as being a full-on road warrior in a 5,000-lb Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie. As author Vince Beiser writes in a brief foreword to this bleak and disturbing book: “The electric car I was so proud of, the digital devices I use every day and the renewable energy I was cou…

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