The Infinite Resource
The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet
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Word Count
91,000 words, Guess
Page Count
364 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25429027M
- ISBN-10161168255X
- OCLC Control Number811776418
- OCLC Control Numberinfiniteresource00naam
- Library of Congress Control Number2012026803
Classifications
- LCCHC85 .N32 2013
Description
This book is a powerful argument for the existence of global warming, a detail-oriented description of it's causes and a data-driven prescription to solve it.
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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