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Superbatteries, Electric Cars, and the New Lithium Economy
Hill and Wang
May 2011
On Sale: May 10, 2011
272 pages
ISBN: 0809030535
EAN: 9780809030538
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Did you know that the tools that have become absolutely
integral to your life—your laptop, iPod, and cell phone—are
all powered by lithium batteries? Chances are you’ve got
some lithium on your person right now. The 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 only in some of the most uninhabitable places on
Earth—is setting us on a path toward a carbon-free future.
It’s also shifting the geopolitical chessboard in profound ways.
In this illuminating, entertaining, and timely book, the
science reporter 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 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, finally, a
foundering American economy, desperately searching for a
green-tech boom to revive it.
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