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Lithium resources of North Carolina. by Broadhurst, Sam D.(Samuel Davis),1917-(CARDINAL)218484;

Bibliography: page 37.

Subjects: Lithium industry; Lithium mines and mining; Lithium;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 6

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Material world : the six raw materials that shape modern civilization / by Conway, Ed,1979-author.(CARDINAL)878669; Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.,publisher.(CARDINAL)133459;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-470) and index.Introduction -- Part one: Sand. Homo Faber ; Built upon sand ; The longest journey -- Part two: Salt. Salt routes ; Salt of the Earth ; The fire drug ; Postscript: many salts -- Part three: Iron. You don't have a country ; Inside the volcano ; The last blast -- Part four: Copper. The next greatest thing ; The hole ; The deep -- Part five: oil. Elephant ; Pipes ; The everything thing ; Postscript: peak oil --Part six: Lithium. White gold ; Jelly rolls ; Unmanufacturing -- Conclusion."The story of civilization from an entirely new vantage point--the six raw materials that have shaped and will continue to shape humanity's destiny. Sand, iron, salt, oil, copper and lithium: The struggle for these fundamental materials has created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingenuity and our greed for thousands of years. It is a story that is far from finished. Though we are told we now live in a weightless world of information, we dug more stuff out of the earth in 2017 than in all of human history before 1950. And it's getting exponentially worse. To make one bar of gold, we now have to dig 5,000 tons of earth. For every ton of fossil fuels, we extract six tons of other materials--from sand to stone to wood to metal. Even as we pare back our consumption of fossil fuels we continue to redouble our consumption of everything else. Why? Because these ingredients are the basis for everything. They power our phones and electric cars, build our homes and offices, enable the printing of our books, and supply our packaging. Our modern world would not exist without them, and the hidden battle to control them will shape our future. This is an epic journey across continents, cultures and epochs that captures the astonishing extent to which humanity's prosperity is intertwined with what we extract from the earth and adapt to our needs and desires. It is a story of our past and future, from the ground up"--

Subjects: Raw materials.; Mines and mineral resources.; Sand; Salt; Iron; Copper; Petroleum; Lithium; Economics;

Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 9

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The blue horse / by Borgos, Bruce,author.(CARDINAL)872837;

"A controversial wild horse round-up in the high desert of Nevada results in two murders and too many suspects for Sheriff Porter Beck to deal with. A helicopter driving a controversial round-up of wild horses suddenly crashes and the pilot is found to have been shot. Then the person coordinating the round-up for the Bureau of Land Management is savagely murdered, buried up to her neck and then trampled to death by the very same wild horses. And there's no lack of suspects-with the wild horse advocacy group having sworn to protect the horse At Any Cost! Now the state and federal agencies are showing up looking for answers or at least a scapegoat. Sheriff Porter Beck has had better days. Porter Beck's new girlfriend, Detective Charlie Blue Horse, arrives to help with the investigation, which leads them to Canadian Lithium mining operation near the round-up area that sets off Beck's mental alarm bells. Brinley, Beck's sister, is leading a group of troubled kids in a wilderness program, when one of them, Rafa, bolts one night. When Brinley catches up to him, they're just outside the mine-in the wrong place, at the wrong time. With his personal life in turmoil, too many suspects and too many secrets, the feds pushing for a quick resolution, and his impetuous (if skilled) sister in the mix, one wrong step could be deadly for Porter Beck"--

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Wild horses; Women detectives; Murder; Sheriffs; Federal government; Lithium mines and mining; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023;

Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 8

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Under a metal sky : a journey through minerals, greed, and wonder / by Marsden, Philip,1961-authorauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Ammonite -- Ochre : An Introduction -- Tin -- Peat -- Bronze -- Silver -- Radium -- Aerolite -- Mercury -- Copper -- Gold -- Lithium : A Coda -- Soil."The ground beneath our feet is full of riches: the ochre that allowed prehistoric humans to paint on the cave walls; the tin that drove the early Industrial Revolution; radium, the source of Marie Curie's wonder; and lithium, the essential mineral of modern life found in our mobile phones and laptops. Each of these minerals has a story to tell, and each has its place in the broader story of human history. Under a Metal Sky takes us on a journey across the peat-rich Dutch lowlands, through Prague and Bohemia, and on to the gold-rich mountains of Georgia. Along the way, Marsden uncovers the strange and colorful histories of alchemy, scientific revolution, industrialization, and technological innovation, peopled by figures like the Habsburg Emperor Rudolf II, Goethe, Marie Curie, and William Blake. But alongside wonder and inspiration, there has also been plunder and heedless exploitation, the consequences of which have set us on a path towards our own extinction"-- Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Marsden, Philip, 1961-; Mines and mineral resources; Mines and mineral resources;

Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1

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Mines and quarries 1902 / by United States.Census Office(CARDINAL)139273; Steuart, William M.(William Mott),1861-1956(CARDINAL)275495; United States.Bureau of the Census.(CARDINAL)171405;

Subjects: Mines and mineral resources; Quarries and quarrying; Mineral industries;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Mental : lithium, love, and losing my mind / by Lowe, Jaime,1976-author.(CARDINAL)492256;

"A riveting memoir and a fascinating investigation of the history, uses, and controversies behind lithium, an essential medication for millions of people struggling with bipolar disorder, stemming from Jaime Lowe's sensational 2015 article in The New YorkTimes Magazine: "'I Don't Believe in God, but I Believe in Lithium': My 20-year Struggle with Bipolar Disorder.""--"A riveting memoir and a fascinating investigation of the history, uses, and controversies behind lithium, an essential medication for millions of people struggling with bipolar disorder. It began in Los Angeles in 1993, when Jaime Lowe was just sixteen.She stopped sleeping and eating, and began to hallucinate--demonically cackling Muppets, faces lurking in windows, Michael Jackson delivering messages from the Neverland Underground. Lowe wrote manifestos and math equations in her diary, and drew infographics on her bedroom wall. Eventually, hospitalized and diagnosed as bipolar, she was prescribed a medication that came in the form of three pink pills--lithium. InMental,Lowe shares and investigates her story of episodic madness, as well as the stability she found while on lithium. She interviews scientists, psychiatrists, and patients to examine how effective lithium really is and how its side effects can be dangerous for long-term users--including Lowe, who after twenty years on the medication suffersfrom severe kidney damage.Mentalis eye-opening and powerful, tackling an illness and drug that has touched millions of lives and yet remains shrouded in social stigma. Now adjusting to a new drug, her pursuit of a stable life continues as does her curiosity about the history and science of the mysterious element that shaped the way she sees the world and allowed her decades of sanity.Lowe travels to the Bolivian salt flats that hold more than half of the world's lithium reserves, rural America where lithium is mined for batteries, and to lithium spas that are still touted as a tonic to cure all ills.With unflinching honesty and humor,Lowe allows a clear-eyed view into her life, and an arresting inquiry into one of mankind's oldest medical mysteries"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Lowe, Jaime, 1976-; People with bipolar disorder; Bipolar disorder; Lithium;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Cobalt red : how the blood of the Congo powers our lives / by Kara, Siddharth,author.(CARDINAL)491642;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-260) and index.List of acronyms -- Introduction -- "Unspeakable Richness" -- "Here it is better not to be born"/Lubumbashi and Kipushi -- The hills have secrets/ Likasi and Kambove -- Colony to the world -- "If we do not dig, we do not eat"/ Tenke Fungurume, Mutanda and Tilwezembe -- "We work in our graves"/ Kolwezi -- The final truth/ Kamilombe."An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo's cobalt mining operation-and the moral implications that affect us all. Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever exposé of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by cobalt mining, as told through the testimonies of the Congolese people themselves. Activist and researcher Siddharth Kara has traveled deep into cobalt territory to document the testimonies of the people living, working, and dying for cobalt. To uncover the truth about brutal mining practices, Kara investigated militia-controlled mining areas, traced the supply chain of child-mined cobalt from toxic pit to consumer-facing tech giants, and gathered shocking testimonies of people who endure immense suffering and even die mining cobalt. Cobalt is an essential component to every lithium-ion rechargeable battery made today, the batteries that power our smartphones, tablets, laptops, and electric vehicles. More than 70 percent of the world's supply of cobalt is mined in the Congo, often by peasants and children in sub-human conditions. Billions of people in the world cannot conduct their daily lives without participating in a human rights and environmental catastrophe in the Congo. In this stark and crucial book, Kara argues that we must all care about what is happening in the Congo--because we are all implicated"--

Subjects: Informational works.; Cobalt industry; Cobalt mines and mining; Miners; Human rights; Human rights.;

Available copies: 26 / Total copies: 31

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The war below : lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives / by Scheyder, Ernest,author.(CARDINAL)886131;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-357) and index.Prologue: a discovery -- Introduction: a turning point -- A Choice -- Sacred space -- Radical work -- The leaf blower -- A longing -- A single point of failure -- Bright green lies? -- A rebirth -- Lonely are the brave -- The neighbors -- "Electricity means copper" -- The entrepreneur -- Green technology -- An elusive prize -- The seedlings -- Epilogue."A new economic war for critical minerals has begun, and The War Below is an urgent dispatch from its front lines. To build electric vehicles, solar panels, cell phones, and millions of other devices means the world must dig more mines to extract lithium, copper, and other vital building blocks. But mines are deeply unpopular, even as they have a role to play in fighting climate change and powering crucial technologies. These tensions have sparked a worldwide reckoning over the sourcing of necessary materials, and no one understands the complexities of these issues better than Ernest Scheyder, whose exclusive access to sites around the globe has allowed him to gain unparalleled insights into a future without fossil fuels. The War Below reveals the explosive brawl among industry titans, conservationists, community groups, policymakers, and many others over whether some places are too special to mine or whether the habitats of rare plants, sensitive ecosystems, Indigenous holy sites, and other places should be dug up for their riches. With vivid and engaging writing, Scheyder shows the human toll of this war and explains why recycling and other newer technologies have struggled to gain widespread use. He also expertly chronicles Washington's attempts to wean itself off supply from China, the global leader in mineral production and processing. The War Below paints a powerfully honest and nuanced picture of what is at stake in this new fight for energy independence, revealing how America and the rest of the world's hunt for the "new oil" directly affects us all."--

Subjects: Informational works.; Mines and mineral resources; Mines and mineral resources; Mineral industries; Natural resources; Geopolitics.;

Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 12

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Mars on earth : wanderings in the world's driest desert / by Johanson, Markauthor(CARDINAL)794956(CARDINAL)701580;

Includes bibliographical references and index.It began with a spark (chi, chi, chi, le, le, le ... viva Chile) -- A message from above (cults, stars and signs: how deserts mess with minds) -- Sea to sky, part one: sea (coastal geographies) -- Sea to sky, part two: sky (Andean geographies) -- Of mines and men (politics, power and masculinity: how deserts bury secrets) -- Reading the coca leaves (the life and legends of the Likan Antai) -- Radiant Sun (the life and legends of the Aymara) -- It's blooming bones (the ancient Atacama) -- Out of breath (end of the road).An utterly unique travel memoir about a gay expat searching an otherworldly place for a deeper understanding of his partner and his adoptive homeland. Embark on an extraordinary odyssey through the heart of the world's driest non-polar desert--the Atacama. In Mars on Earth, intrepid journalist Mark Johanson navigates this otherworldly terrain, a sliver of camel-colored hills, windswept dunes, and desolate salt flats nestled between the Pacific's tumultuous waves and the towering Andes. Unfolding against the backdrop of Chile's 2019-2020 protests, Mark's journey begins in Santiago, unraveling a rich tapestry of human resilience and passion that fuels a nation's desire for change. As he traverses 1,200 miles of alien landscapes, Mark climbs to the Andean Altiplano's dizzying heights, explores the Pacific's kelp forests, and ventures onto a lithium-rich salt flat threatened by progress. The narrative reaches new heights as Mark delves into the heart of the Atacama, meeting captivating characters--a guardian of ancient mummies, a guru in a glass box, and a copper miner who defied nature's grasp for 69 days. At its core, Mars on Earth weaves a rich tapestry of voices, highlighting the stories of Chile's marginalized communities, including the working class, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and immigrant communities from Venezuela and Haiti. Each narrative contributes to the social movement that could redefine the nation's future. This vibrant and adventurous work of narrative nonfiction is a captivating exploration of a land both barren and brimming with life.

Subjects: Travel writing.; Autobiographies.; Johanson, Mark (Travel writer); Gay men; Gay men; Travel.;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

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Power metal : the race for the resources that will shape the future / by Beiser, Vince,1965-author.(CARDINAL)417519;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-245) and index.Introduction: There's no such thing as clean energy -- The electro-digital age -- Part one: Elements of the future. The elemental superpower -- The global treasure hunt -- Killing for copper -- Holding power -- The endangered desert -- Depth charge -- Part two: The reverse supply chain. Mining the concrete -- High-tech trash -- Part three: Better than recycling. New lives for old things -- The road forward -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index."How the metals we need to power technology and energy are spawning environmental havoc, political upheaval, and murder-and how we can do better. An Australian multimillionaire's plan to mine the ocean floor. Garbage pickers in Nigeria risking their lives to salvage e-waste amid nightmarish pollution. A Bill Gates-backed entrepreneur harnessing artificial intelligence to find metals in the Arctic. Train-robbing copper thieves in Chile. These are some of the people in the intensifying global competition to locate and extract the minerals essential for two critical technologies that will shape humanity's future: the internet and renewable energy. It's a race that will create new industries, generate enormous wealth, and destabilize the global balance of power. It could propel us to a more sustainable future--or plunge us into an environmental nightmare. In Power Metal, journalist and author Vince Beiser explores the Achilles' heel of green power and digital technology: that the manufacturing of our computers, cell phones, electric cars, solar panels, and wind turbines requires enormous amounts of increasingly rare materials--lithium, cobalt, copper, and others--the demand for which is skyrocketing. Around the world, businesses and governments are scrambling for new places and new ways to get those metals, at enormous cost to people and the planet. Beiser crisscrossed the world to witness this race, reporting on the damage it is already inflicting, the ways it could get worse, and the ways in which we can minimize that damage. The result is a book that is both a gripping read and a sobering account of the battle between what civilization demands and what the planet can withstand. Power Metal is a compelling and important glimpse into this new, disturbing, and exciting world"--

Subjects: Informational works.; Mines and mineral resources; Mineral industries; Strategic materials; Sustainable development; Rare earth metals;

Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 17

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