Comments on: Book review – Volt Rush: The Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green/2022/12/31/book-review-volt-rush-the-winners-and-losers-in-the-race-to-go-green/Reviewing fascinating science books since 2017Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:55:11 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Book review – How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future | The Inquisitive Biologist/2022/12/31/book-review-volt-rush-the-winners-and-losers-in-the-race-to-go-green/comment-page-1/#comment-76752Thu, 19 Jan 2023 15:15:48 +0000/?p=19236#comment-76752[…] much more than electricity generation. Take transport. I have previously reviewed the downsides of electric cars, but as Smil points out, the under-appreciated concept of power density means that our prime movers […]

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]]>By: Book review – Lithium: The Global Race for Battery Dominance and the New Energy Revolution | The Inquisitive Biologist/2022/12/31/book-review-volt-rush-the-winners-and-losers-in-the-race-to-go-green/comment-page-1/#comment-73543Wed, 11 Jan 2023 12:13:12 +0000/?p=19236#comment-73543[…] review on the batteries that are powering electric vehicles (EVs). Where the previously reviewed Volt Rush gave a good general overview of the challenges and opportunities that come with mining the metals […]

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]]>By: Robert Teytaud/2022/12/31/book-review-volt-rush-the-winners-and-losers-in-the-race-to-go-green/comment-page-1/#comment-73214Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:56:29 +0000/?p=19236#comment-73214You are absolutely right when you say “Now, I realise that my thinking in this is too radical to be palatable to most people, but Sanderson shies away from outright saying that overpopulation and overconsumption are the twin engines driving the numerous problems he uncovers.” Although this was emphatically pointed out 50 or more years ago (the Ehrlichs, Donna Meadows, and umpteen others since) because of political correctness few dare mention it in the popular press these days. Thank you so much for sticking to your guns on this.

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]]>By: Volt Rush: The Winners And Losers In The Race To Go Green - 3 Quarks Daily/2022/12/31/book-review-volt-rush-the-winners-and-losers-in-the-race-to-go-green/comment-page-1/#comment-72363Sun, 01 Jan 2023 19:40:21 +0000/?p=19236#comment-72363[…] More here. […]

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]]>By: Book review – The Elements of Power: Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age | The Inquisitive Biologist/2022/12/31/book-review-volt-rush-the-winners-and-losers-in-the-race-to-go-green/comment-page-1/#comment-71842Sat, 31 Dec 2022 12:53:20 +0000/?p=19236#comment-71842[…] will need even more in the future for green technologies: for the magnets in wind turbines and the batteries in electric cars. Once Abraham works through these examples, you realise that these technologies are anything but […]

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