Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future— James Morton Turner (Seattle, WA, USA: Univ. Washington Press, 2022, 256 pp.)

IF 2.1 4区工程技术 Q3 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine Pub Date : 2024-06-21 DOI:10.1109/MTS.2024.3367382

Eric P. Wenaas

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Abstract

The focus of the book Charged is on the battery, what else? James Morton Turner claims the battery is vitally important to unlocking a clean energy future. He says that his book explores the relationship between environmentalism, sustainability, and technology at a moment when such technological optimism is ascendant. Just as I believed this was going to be a “good news” book about the future of clean energy, supported by the production of lithium-ion batteries, Turner points out that skeptics believe batteries have “a dirty little secret”: “Although batteries may make it possible to scale up renewable energy sources, this transition risks trading one set of resource dependencies and environmental injustices for another.” So, just what message is Turner trying to convey?

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充电：电池的历史和对未来清洁能源的启示--詹姆斯-莫顿-特纳（美国华盛顿州西雅图：华盛顿大学出版社，2022 年，256 页）。

充电》一书的重点是电池，还有什么呢？詹姆斯-莫顿-特纳声称，电池对于开启清洁能源的未来至关重要。他说，在技术乐观主义盛行的当下，他的书探讨了环保主义、可持续发展和技术之间的关系。就在我相信这将是一本关于清洁能源未来的 "好消息 "书时，特纳却指出，怀疑论者认为电池有一个 "肮脏的小秘密"："虽然电池可能使可再生能源的规模扩大成为可能，但这种过渡有可能以一种资源依赖性和环境不公正换取另一种资源依赖性和环境不公正"。那么，特纳到底想传达什么信息呢？

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IEEE Technology and Society Magazine 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

CiteScore

3.00

自引率

13.60%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： IEEE Technology and Society Magazine invites feature articles (refereed), special articles, and commentaries on topics within the scope of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, in the broad areas of social implications of electrotechnology, history of electrotechnology, and engineering ethics.