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Main Author:	Smil, Vaclav 1943- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York Penguin Books 2021
Subjects:	Globalisierung Zivilisation Energie Demographie Umwelt Statistik Civilization, Modern Globalization World politics Technology and civilization Human ecology Statistics
Links:	http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032824734&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
Abstract:	"Vaclav Smil's mission is to make facts matter. An environmental scientist, policy analyst, and a hugely prolific author, he is Bill Gates' go-to guy for making sense of our world. In Numbers Don't Lie, Smil answers questions such as: What's worse for the environment--your car or your phone? How much do the world's cows weigh (and what does it matter)? And what makes people happy?"--
Physical Description:	xvi, 350 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:	9780143136224

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adam_text	Contents Introduction xi PEOPLE The Inhabitants of Our World What happens when we have fewer children? 3 The best indicator of quality of life? Try infant mortality 8 The best return on investment: Vaccination 12 Why it’s difficult to predict how bad a pandemic will be while it is happening 15 Growing taller 20 Is life expectancy finally topping out? 24 How sweating improved hunting 28 How many people did it take to build the Great Pyramid? 31 Why unemployment figures do not tell the whole story 35 What makes people happy? 39 The rise of megacities 44 v CONTENTS COUNTRIES Nations in the Age of Globalization The First World War’s extended tragedies Is the US really exceptional? 53 57 Why Europe should be more pleased with itself 61 Brexit: Realities that matter most will not change 65 Concerns about Japan’s future 69 How far can China go? 73 India vs. China Why manufacturing remains important 77 82 Russia and the USA: How things never change 86 Receding empires: Nothing new under the sun 90 MACHINES, DESIGNS, DEVICES Inventions That Made Our Modem World How the 18 80s created our modern world 97 How electric motors power modern civilization 101 Transformers—the unsung silent, passive devices 105 Why you shouldn’t write diesel off just yet 109 Capturing motion—from horses to electrons 113 vi CONTENTS From the phonograph to streaming 117 Inventing integrated circuits 121 Moore’s Curse: Why technical progress takes longer than you think 125 The rise of data: Too much too fast 129 Being realistic about innovation 133 FUELS AND ELECTRICITY Energizing Our Societies Why gas turbines are the best choice 139 Nuclear electricity—an unfulfilled promise 143 Why you need fossil fuels to get electricity from wind 147 How big can a wind turbine be? 151 The slow rise of photovoltaics 154 Why sunlight is still best 15 8 Why we need bigger batteries 162 Why electric container ships are a hard sail 166 The real cost of electricity 170 The inevitably slow pace of energy transitions 174 TRANSPORT How We Get Around Shrinking the journey across the Atlantic vii 181 CONTENTS Engines are older than bicycles! 185 The surprising story of inflatable tires 189 When did the age of the car begin? 193 Modern cars have a terrible weight-to-payload ratio 197 Why electric cars aren’t as great as we think (yet) 201 When did the jet age begin? 204 Why kerosene is king 208 How safe is flying? 212 Which is more energy efficient—planes, trains, or automobiles? 2x6 FOOD Energizing Ourselves The world without synthetic ammonia 221 Multiplying wheat yields The inexcusable magnitude of global food waste 226 230 The slow addio to the Mediterranean diet 235 Bluefin tuna: On the way to extinction 239 Why chicken rules 243 (Not) drinking wine Rational meat-eating 247 251 The Japanese diet 255 Dairy products—the counter-trends 259 viii CONTENTS ENVIRONMENT Damaging and Protecting Our World Animals vs. artifacts—which are more diverse? 267 Planet of the cows 271 The deaths of elephants 275 Why calls for the Anthropocene era may be premature 279 Concrete facts 283 Whaťs worse for the environment-—your car or your phone? 287 Who has better insulation? 291 Triple-glazed windows: A see-through energy solution 295 Improving the efficiency of household heating 299 Running into carbon 303 Epilogue 307 Further Reading 309 Acknowledgments 327 Index 335 ix
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