Synopsis

French journalist Guillaume Pitron cautions against the hidden consequences of the energy transition and increasing digitization. The technologies powering electric vehicles, fighter aircraft, wind turbines, solar panels, and even our commonplace smartphones, computers, and tablets, all rely on rare metals. Yet, few are aware of the methods used to extract these materials, or the considerable ecological and geopolitical burdens they entail. Pitron details this in his book, *The Rare Metals War: