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