Journalist and author Henry Sanderson chats with Trey Elling about VOLT RUSH: THE WINNERS AND LOSERS IN THE RACE TO GO GREEN. Topics include:
- Why electric vehicles didn't catch on initially in the early 1900s (2:01)
- How Exxon gets partial credit for discovering the lithium battery (4:37)
- China as the world's 'battery superpower' (7:54)
- Lithium's path from ground to battery (11:40)
- Cobalt's path from ground to battery (18:11)
- Nickel's path from ground to battery (26:04)
- The shocking amount of copper needed in electric vehicles (30:21)
- Deep sea mining as the next 'great' frontier for EV materials (35:03)
- Possible solutions to a finite amount of inhumanely sourced materials (38:44)
