Sellout: How Washington Gave Away America's Technological Soul, and One Man's Fight to Bring It Home
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (603 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06WVPDF5N |
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| Number of Pages | : | 138 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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An instructive tale of one man's 'burning mission to bring back manufacturing and innovation to America.'" - Kirkus Reviews"A master of her craft, Bruce (Hostage Nation, 2010) combines intellect and a no-nonsense tone to tell a complicated scientific and global story through the lens of one determined man Bruce's thorough work explains the historical context for Kennedy's mine, the evolution of nuclear energy at the Oak Ridge laboratories, and the globalization process, all balanced with Kennedy's biography. Readers will share Kennedy's considerable frustration with the shortsightedness of profit-driven stakeholders and the hubris of politicians." - Library Journal"Bruce provides a concise, inspiring story o
She is the recipient of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for excellence in broadcast journalism for her film, The Kidnapping of Ingrid Betancourt. She lives in Annapolis, MD. Victoria Bruce holds a master's degree in geology from the University of California, Riverside. Her previous books are No Apparent Danger and Hostage Nation.
Epic David and Goliath Battle to Save America This is an epic David and Goliath story which will leave you terrified for the future of our country. The amount of technology that the U.S. has given up, sold off and offshored to China has left the U.S. incapable of any high tech manufacturing without China's blessing. What will this mean for our military? Jim Kennedy, the book's pr. "Looking forward to the movie and hoping for a real-life happy ending." according to Barbara. An eye-opening page-turner with pitch-perfect explanations of science, history, and government policy delivers the engaging tale of how a few lovable American patriots might just actually save the world.As a knee-jerk anti-nukes type, I can't believe I'm going around saying "molten salt reactor" and trying to explain rare earth minera. "Sellout chronicles the true story of Rare Earths and how to bring them back." according to Vincent R Lackowski. Victoria Bruce has masterfully used the story of Jim Kennedy to illustrate how America has lagged in cutting edge technology and advanced materials that will propel global business into the rest of the 21st century and beyond. From smart phones and hybrid cars to National Defense and clean energy, our past dominance in manufacturing h
The story of one citizen's fight to preserve a US stake in the future of clean energy and the elements essential to high tech industries and national defense.American technological prowess used to be unrivaled. Exhausted, down hundreds of thousands of dollars, and with his wife at her wits' end, at the start of 2017, Jim sat on the edge of victory, held his breath and bet it all that his government would finally do the right thing. Worse, no one in the federal government cared. Nowhere is this more dangerous than in China's monopoly of rare earth elements-materials that are essential for for nearly all modern consumer goods, gadgets and weapons systems.Jim Kennedy is a retired securities portfolio manager who bought a bankrupt mining operation. The mine was rich in rare earth elements, but he soon discovered that China owned the entire global supply and manufacturing chain. His plan also allowed technology companies to manufacture rare earth dependent technologies in the United States again and develop safe, clean nuclea