PreviewsM. G. Bucholtz

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  Charged

  The Dangerous and Misguided Promise of the Electric Vehicle

  M. G. Bucholtz

  This book explores the backstory behind the push for electric vehicles, looking at the history of energy storage using batteries, and the availability and sustainability of the metals, minerals, and chemicals used in making lithium-ion batteries, and argues that the use of electric vehicles will not save the planet, but only ease people’s guilt and divert their attention.

  (Wood Dragon Books, $27.99 pb, 268 pages, ISBN: 978-1-990863-67-7)  

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  Thatcher versus Douglas: The CCF, the Liberals, and the Mossbank Debate of 1957

  M. G. Bucholtz

  This book details the history of Saskatchewan Premier T. C. Douglas and federal Liberal candidate Ross Thatcher, their rise to power, and the events that culminated in the Great Debate in 1957 in Mossbank, Saskatchewan.

  (McGill-Queen’s University Press, $21.99 pb, 268 pages, ISBN: 978-1-990863-34-9)