{"product_id":"bad-energy","title":"Bad Energy: The AI Hucksters, Rogue Lithium Extractors, and Wind Industrialists Who Are Selling Off Our Future","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreen energy and renewables are heralded as the only way to mitigate our ever-worsening ecological crisis. But that’s not the whole story. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBad Energy\u003c\/em\u003e, award-winning journalist Joshua Frank argues that the green energy transition is driven not by an effort to save the planet but by profit incentives. We must stop burning fossil fuels if we have any hope of saving the planet, but the significant, haphazard expansion of green energy in recent years—from large solar projects to wind energy to mining for renewables—has destroyed communities and ecosystems. And worse, renewables simply cannot match our ever-expanding demand for energy, driven in no small part by the rapid proliferation of data centers in the world’s wealthiest nations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking readers from copper mines in Montana and Bolivia to wind farms in Wyoming to the geopolitical battle over deep-sea mining in the South Pacific, \u003cem\u003eBad Energy \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a stark assessment of the costs of the rush for renewables and the demand for endless growth. As Frank makes clear, we cannot consume our way out of climate chaos. What we need instead is rejection of the capitalist interests driving planetary collapse and a radical vision for a truly sustainable future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoshua Frank\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning California-based journalist and coeditor of the political magazine \u003cem\u003eCounterPunch\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eAtomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America \u003c\/em\u003eand a coauthor of several books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Big Heat: Earth on the Brink\u003c\/em\u003e. His work regularly appears in \u003cem\u003eTomDispatch\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Earth Island Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and other outlets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePROLOGUE: Fossil Fuels Have Got to Go, But at What Cost?\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER ONE: Our Extractive Past, Present, and Future \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e(a look at mining’s impacts from Montana to Bolivia and the critical minerals needed for an energy transition)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eCHAPTER TWO: Of Life and Lithium\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e(the lithium bonanza and EVs)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eCHAPTER THREE: Biodiversity Versus the Solar Farm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e(huge solar projects' impacts on the desert)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eCHAPTER FOUR: Deep Sea Blues \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e(a look at deep-sea mining and geopolitical ramifications)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eCHAPTER FIVE: Blowin’ in the Wind \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e(big wind developments, and impacts on communities and ecology)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eCHAPTER SIX: It’s a Dam Crazy World \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e(geopolitical impacts of huge dams, and ecological\/community impacts of hydropower)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eCHAPTER SEVEN: The Fool’s Errand for a Nuclear Future \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e(why nuclear energy is bad news!) \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eCHAPTER EIGHT: Eco-Colonialism and the Delusion of Endless Growth\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67650638348381,"sku":"9798888906071","price":27.93,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/files\/badenergy9798888906071.jpg?v=1791388342","url":"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/products\/bad-energy","provider":"Leftwingbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}