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Extracting the Future
Lithium in an Era of Energy Transition
Book • 2025
Mark Goodale's Extracting the Future delves into Bolivia's lithium industry, analyzing its role in the global energy transition.
The book investigates the historical context of extractivism in Bolivia and the concept of flexible extractivism.
It explores how lithium extraction is being integrated into a model of productive sovereignty, deeply intertwined with Bolivia's history of gas exploration.
The book also examines the influence of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and the significance of lithium as an elemental form.
Goodale critiques the green energy transition for extending the logic of the petrostate, advocating for more sustainable meso-worlds.
The book investigates the historical context of extractivism in Bolivia and the concept of flexible extractivism.
It explores how lithium extraction is being integrated into a model of productive sovereignty, deeply intertwined with Bolivia's history of gas exploration.
The book also examines the influence of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and the significance of lithium as an elemental form.
Goodale critiques the green energy transition for extending the logic of the petrostate, advocating for more sustainable meso-worlds.
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