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Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future is a work of narrative nonfiction by journalist Vince Beiser that examines the hidden material base of modern clean energy and digital technology. Rather than treating electrification and connectivity as purely technological progress, the book asks what it takes to manufacture electric cars, smartphones, wind turbines, batteries, and other devices at scale. Beiser follows the extraction, processing, and recycling of critical metals such as lithium, copper, cobalt, and niobium across multiple regions of the world. The result is a broad investigation into supply chains, environmental damage, labor exploitation, geopolitics, and the moral tradeoffs built into the transition away from fossil fuels. The book’s purpose is not to reject green technology, but to show that replacing one energy system with another creates its own pressures, costs, and conflicts that must be understood if the transition is to be responsible and sustainable.