The Infinite Resource The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet.

Naam, Ramez.

The Infinite Resource The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet. - Lebanon : University Press of New England, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (361 pages)

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Title Page; Contents; Preface: A Tale of Two Planets; Part I: The of Times; 1 | The Rise of Innovation; 2 | The Incredible Present; Part II: The Worst of Times; 3 | Running Out of Steam; 4 | Peak Everything?; 5 | Greenhouse Earth; 6 | End of the Party?; Part III: The Power of Ideas; 7 | The First Energy Technology; 8 | The Transformer; 9 | The Substitute; 10 | The Reducer; 11 | The Recycler; 12 | The Multiplier; Part IV: Unleashing Innovation; 13 | Investing in Ideas; 14 | The Flaw in the Market; 15 | Market Solutions; 16 | The Unthinkable: Here There be Dragons 17 | The Unthinkable: Climate Engineering18 | Greener Than Green; 19 | The Decoupler; 20 | Of Mouths and Minds; 21 | Easy Way, Hard Way; Coda: Living in the Twenty-First Century; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

A surprising, convincing, and optimistic argument for meeting the crisis of scarcity with the power of ideas.



9781611683769


Conservation of natural resources.
Natural resources.
Renewable natural resources.
Sustainable development.
Renewable natural resources.
Natural resources.
Sustainable development.
Conservation of natural resources.


Electronic Books.

HC85 / .I545 2013