How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
Vaclav Smilamazon.com
How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
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"You might presume, then, that this means our broader appetite for minerals is diminishing. Not a bit of it. For it turns out oil and other fossil fuels have only ever represented a fraction of the total mass of resources we’re extracting from the earth. For every tonne of fossil fuels, we exploit 6 tonnes of other materials – mostly sand and stone
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Oil, and its many derivatives, is possibly the only exception to how prohibitively costly this can conceivably become, largely because, among all fuel sources, oil is unique in having an enormous and homogeneous end-market in vehicles that does not, at some eventual point, require transformation into electrical energy.
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Exponential: How Accelerating Technology Is Leaving Us Behind and What to Do About It
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