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The infinite resource : the power of ideas on a finite planet / Ramez Naam.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (viii, 349 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1611683769
  • 9781611683769
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Infinite resource.DDC classification:
  • 333.7 23
LOC classification:
  • HC85 .N32 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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, to world peace, and to the planet itself. Yet, if we act, these problems are addressable. Throughout history we've overcome similar problems, but only when we've focused our energies on innovation. For the most valuable resource we have isn't oil, water, gold, or land - it's our stockpile of useful ideas, and our continually growing capacity to expand them. In this book, the author charts a course to supercharge innovation - by changing the rules of our economy - that can lead the whole world to greater wealth and human well-being, even as we dodge looming resource crunches and environmental disasters and reduce our impact on the planet.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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, to world peace, and to the planet itself. Yet, if we act, these problems are addressable. Throughout history we've overcome similar problems, but only when we've focused our energies on innovation. For the most valuable resource we have isn't oil, water, gold, or land - it's our stockpile of useful ideas, and our continually growing capacity to expand them. In this book, the author charts a course to supercharge innovation - by changing the rules of our economy - that can lead the whole world to greater wealth and human well-being, even as we dodge looming resource crunches and environmental disasters and reduce our impact on the planet.

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