Are Lithium and Cobalt the New Oil? The Elements of Power, with Nicolas Niarchos
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Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm producer Mia Sorrenti. Decarbonisation is triggering a new great power race. As demand for green technologies and sustainable power sources grows, Washington and Beijing are battling for control of cobalt, lithium, copper, and nickel, the critical metals that will determine who lands on top. of the global energy transition.
In this episode, Thinkless Nyarkos joins host, Atusa Araxia Abrahamian, to discuss the elements of power, a sweeping investigation into the war for the global supply of battery metals. Let's join our host, Atusa now Woodmore. Welcome to Intelligence Squared. I'm Atusa Araxia Abrahamian. Our guest today is Nicholas Niarkos.
Nicholas began his journalistic career as a fact-checker at The New Yorker, for which he is now a contributing writer. He is also the editor of Now Voyager magazine, a magazine of international long-form reporting that's coming out later this year. Nick has reported extensively from Africa, from the Middle East, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. And today, I'm delighted to be speaking to Nick about his new book, The Elements of Power. A really terrific investigation into the war for the global supply of battery metals, essential for the decarbonization of our economies and the terrible bloody human cost of this badly misunderstood industry.
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