The infinite resource : the power of ideas on a finite planet
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Published
Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, [2013].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
viii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Southside - Adult
333.7 Naa
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333.7 Naa
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Published
Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, [2013].
Language
English
Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-337) and index.
Description
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 remarkable book, Ramez Naam 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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