viii, 287 pages :map ;24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Map --Introduction --Founding sacrifice zones --The richest island on earth --Nice people behaving badly --The plunder of inner Mongolia --Business as usual --Chasing white gold --High and dry in the Andes --A new scramble for Africa --Where do we go from here? --Tailings and trade-offs --Ever deeper, ever darker --Feeding the monster --Afterword.
'Pitfall' is the compelling story of the quest to exploit the metals our civilization needs-and the cost to local people and their environments. If we cannot change our course, Christopher Pollon argues, we are condemned to mine deeper and darker places, including the depths of the ocean, sacrifice zones, and near-earth asteroids. This disturbing vision of the future also includes robotic mines without workers and social license-unless we act now.
Canadian
1.Mineral industries--Environmental aspects.2.Mineral industries--Moral and ethical aspects.3.Mines and mineral resources--Environmental aspects.4.Mines and mineral resources--Moral and ethical aspects.Dynamic Details