India, Feb. 21 -- The Elements of Power tells the story of the war for the global supply of battery metals - essential for the decarbonisation of our economies - and the terrible human cost. In the rush for green energy, the world has become reliant on resources unearthed far away and blind to the terrible political, environmental, and social consequences of their extraction. Why are children in Congo being sent down into mines with rudimentary tools to extract copper, tin, tungsten, and other treasures? Why are Indonesia's seas and skies being polluted? Why is the Western Sahara, a source for phosphates, still being treated like a colony? Nicolas Niarchos reveals how the scramble to control these metals and their production is overturning the world order, just as the global race to drill for oil shaped the twentieth century. Niarchos reveals the devastating consequences of our best intentions and helps us prepare for an uncertain future....