Soil to Foil

The scientific factual details discussed in the earlier chapters are very helpful and pristine. Although the historical use of alum seemed a little out of place, the rest of the contemporary politics/aluminium mining-usage especially of the Greenland part was very engaging. I am kind of disappointed with how it turned out on the middle parts (From ‘mobile metal' to ‘hydro metal nexus'), it was more of a rant and not systematic enough with the previous discussions. ‘The durability dilemma' and ‘politics behind planned obsolescence' were insightful, especially with the example of Apple, one of the biggest tech giants. I also liked that the author included the Environmental degradation of various African countries because of the unscientific and rapid extraction of several metals.