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100	1		_aFletcher, Seth, _d1979-
245	1	0	_aBottled lightning : _bsuperbatteries, electric cars, and the new lithium economy / _cSeth Fletcher.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bHill and Wang, _c2011.
300			_a260 p. ; _c24 cm.
520			_aThe tools that have become so ubiquitous--laptops, iPods, and cell phones--are all powered by lithium batteries. This element 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--found primarily in some of the most uninhabitable places on Earth--is key to the path toward a carbon-free future. It's also shifting the geopolitical chessboard in profound ways. Science reporter Seth Fletcher takes us on a journey from the salt flats of Bolivia to the labs of MIT and Stanford, 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, 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.--From publisher description.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aMachine generated contents note: 1.The Electricians -- 2.False Start -- 3.The Wireless Revolution -- 4.Reviving the Electric Car -- 5.The Blank Spot at the Heart of the Car -- 6.The Lithium Wars -- 7.The Brink -- 8.The Stimulus -- 9.The Prospectors -- 10.The Lithium Triangle -- 11.The Goal.
650		0	_aLithium cells.
650		0	_aLithium industry.
650		0	_aElectronic industries.
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