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Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future
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Hey, thanks for such a thoughtful review! I'm flattered to have my book compared to Material World and Wasteland, both of which were excellent. I'll h
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Thanks so much K.L.! You seem like a very discerning reader.
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Thanks for the review, Enid. Power Metall does indeed overlap some with Pitfall, which is also a very fine book. If you get motivated to return to Pow
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Thanks Benjamin. Much appreciated, especially from someone familiar with those other fine books that you mentioned that overlap some with my own. Can
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Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future:
"The metals we use in all the glorious digital technology we enjoy, and which are necessary for the renewable energy technology we need to make a real transition away from fossil fuels, are themselves at the heart of tremendous environmental damage, p"
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“Concrete is an invention as transformative as fire or electricity. It has changed where and how billions of people live, work, and move around. Concrete is the skeleton of the modern world, the scaffold on which so much else is built. It gives us the power to dam enormous rivers, erect buildings of Olympian height, and travel to all but the remotest corners of the world with an ease that would astonish our ancestors. Measured by the number of lives it touches, concrete is easily the most important man-made material ever invented.”
― The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization
― The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization
“Though the supply might seem endless, usable sand is a finite resource like any other.”
― The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization
― The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization
“The same process is happening all over California and in many other places. The distances sand is hauled are increasing as quarries close to the big cities become depleted or are forced to close. About 80 percent of aggregates are hauled by truck; the rest goes by rail or barge. California officials estimate that if the average hauling distance for sand and gravel increases from twenty-five miles to fifty, trucks will burn through nearly 50 million more gallons of diesel fuel every year in the state alone, spewing more than half a million additional tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.7 Not to mention all the extra traffic and wear and tear on highways.”
― The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization
― The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization
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