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The Infinite Resource : The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet /

Climate change. Finite fossil fuels. Fresh water depletion. Rising commodity prices. Ocean acidification. Overpopulation. Deforestation. Feeding the world's billions. We're beset by an array of natural resource and environmental challenges. They pose a tremendous risk to human prosperity,...

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Auteur principal: Naam, Ramez
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, 2013.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Preface. A tale of two planets
  • The rise of innovation
  • The incredible present
  • Running out of steam
  • Peak everything?
  • Greenhouse earth
  • End of the party?
  • The first energy technology
  • The transformer
  • The substitute
  • The reducer
  • The recycler
  • The multiplier
  • Investing in ideas
  • The flaw in the market
  • Market solutions
  • The unthinkable: here there be dragons
  • The unthinkable: climate engineering
  • Greener than green
  • The decoupler
  • Of mouths and minds
  • Easy way, hard way.