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Smaller faster lighter denser cheaper : how innovation keeps proving the catastrophists wrong, Robert Bryce
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- Summary
- "In the face of today's environmental and economic challenges, doomsayers preach that the only way to stave off disaster is for humans to reverse course: to de-industrialize, re-localize, ban the use of modern energy sources and forswear prosperity. But in this provocative and optimistic rebuke to the catastrophists, Robert Bryce shows how innovation and the inexorable human desire to make things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is providing consumers with Cheaper and more abundant energy, Faster computing, Lighter vehicles, and a myriad of other goods. That same desire is fostering unprecedented prosperity, greater liberty, and yes, better environmental protection. Utilizing on-the-ground reporting from Ottawa to Panama City and Pittsburgh to Bakersfield, Bryce shows how we have, for centuries, been pushing for Smaller Faster solutions to our problems. From the vacuum tube, mass-produced fertilizer, and the printing press to mobile phones, nanotech, and advanced drill rigs, Bryce breezily demonstrates how cutting-edge companies and breakthrough technologies have created a world in which people are living longer, freer, healthier, lives than at any time in human history. In an entertaining narrative enhanced with sharp graphics and numerous photographs, he shows that the push toward Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is happening in multiple sectors. He profiles innovative individuals and companies, from well-known ones like Ford and Intel to upstarts like Aquion Energy and Khan Academy. And he zeroes in on the energy industry, separating fact from sentiment. Wind and biofuels may be the political darlings of the moment, but Bryce proves that the future belongs to the high-power-density sources that can provide the enormous quantities of energy the world demands. Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper demonstrates that the tools we need to save the planet aren't to be found in the technologies or lifestyles of the past. Nor must we sacrifice prosperity and human progress to ensure our survival. The catastrophists have been wrong since the days of Thomas Malthus. It's time to ignore the fearmongers. It's time to embrace the innovators and businesses all over the world who are making things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper because, well, that's what we humans do"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- xxvi, 371 pages
- Contents
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- The push for innovation, its consequences, and the degrowth agenda
- Our attosecond world : how we got here, where we're going, and the companies leading the way
- The need for cheaper energy
- Embracing our smaller faster future
- Isbn
- 9781610392051
- Label
- Smaller faster lighter denser cheaper : how innovation keeps proving the catastrophists wrong
- Title
- Smaller faster lighter denser cheaper
- Title remainder
- how innovation keeps proving the catastrophists wrong
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert Bryce
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In the face of today's environmental and economic challenges, doomsayers preach that the only way to stave off disaster is for humans to reverse course: to de-industrialize, re-localize, ban the use of modern energy sources and forswear prosperity. But in this provocative and optimistic rebuke to the catastrophists, Robert Bryce shows how innovation and the inexorable human desire to make things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is providing consumers with Cheaper and more abundant energy, Faster computing, Lighter vehicles, and a myriad of other goods. That same desire is fostering unprecedented prosperity, greater liberty, and yes, better environmental protection. Utilizing on-the-ground reporting from Ottawa to Panama City and Pittsburgh to Bakersfield, Bryce shows how we have, for centuries, been pushing for Smaller Faster solutions to our problems. From the vacuum tube, mass-produced fertilizer, and the printing press to mobile phones, nanotech, and advanced drill rigs, Bryce breezily demonstrates how cutting-edge companies and breakthrough technologies have created a world in which people are living longer, freer, healthier, lives than at any time in human history. In an entertaining narrative enhanced with sharp graphics and numerous photographs, he shows that the push toward Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is happening in multiple sectors. He profiles innovative individuals and companies, from well-known ones like Ford and Intel to upstarts like Aquion Energy and Khan Academy. And he zeroes in on the energy industry, separating fact from sentiment. Wind and biofuels may be the political darlings of the moment, but Bryce proves that the future belongs to the high-power-density sources that can provide the enormous quantities of energy the world demands. Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper demonstrates that the tools we need to save the planet aren't to be found in the technologies or lifestyles of the past. Nor must we sacrifice prosperity and human progress to ensure our survival. The catastrophists have been wrong since the days of Thomas Malthus. It's time to ignore the fearmongers. It's time to embrace the innovators and businesses all over the world who are making things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper because, well, that's what we humans do"--
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- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bryce, Robert
- Dewey number
- 338/.064
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- T173.8
- LC item number
- .B76 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Technological innovations
- Label
- Smaller faster lighter denser cheaper : how innovation keeps proving the catastrophists wrong, Robert Bryce
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-354) and index
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- The push for innovation, its consequences, and the degrowth agenda
- Our attosecond world : how we got here, where we're going, and the companies leading the way
- The need for cheaper energy
- Embracing our smaller faster future
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- xxvi, 371 pages
- Isbn
- 9781610392051
- Lccn
- 2013049381
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
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- illustrations
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- ocn870529682
- 691066
- Label
- Smaller faster lighter denser cheaper : how innovation keeps proving the catastrophists wrong, Robert Bryce
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-354) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The push for innovation, its consequences, and the degrowth agenda
- Our attosecond world : how we got here, where we're going, and the companies leading the way
- The need for cheaper energy
- Embracing our smaller faster future
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- xxvi, 371 pages
- Isbn
- 9781610392051
- Lccn
- 2013049381
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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- ocn870529682
- 691066
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