Highly recommend this if you've not heard of it yet, goes into detail about lithium and some other vital raw materials : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Material-World-Substantial-Story-Fu... "Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil and lithium. They built our world, and they will transform our future."
《Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization》我猜中了其中四种，但有些细节完全让我震惊。绝对引人入胜。
Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization I guessed about four but i was completely blown away by some of the details. Absolutely fascinating.
…etc. that intentionally juxtapose pictures of a virtuous, thin, happy minimalist with a unhappy, overweight person and their tons of possessions. e.g. the front cover of this https://www.amazon.com/Material-World-Global-Family-Portrait... seems almost designed to make us recoil from the "wasteful" American family. The problem I have with this stance is two-fold: (1) there is no inherent reason why it's wasteful…
…biomass the limiting element is phosphorous --- what is the limiting material for our modern lifestyle? There's at least one recent book which looks at this: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/125937631-material-world Who is going to determine how resources are divided/allocated? Using what mechanism? My grandfather lived in a time when commercial hunting was outlawed (and multiple species were made extinct before…
…such, but it really needs more adoption, and an implementation which doesn't depend on batteries which added a fifth item to the resources humans plunder: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112974899-material-world (the newcomer is lithium, the others were sand, salt, copper, and oil) We keep crossing tipping points which no one talks about much: https://what-if.xkcd.com/33/ and folks have been writing science…
如果你还没听说过这本书，强烈推荐，它详细讲了锂和其他一些关键原材料：https://www.amazon.co.uk/Material-World-Substantial-Story-Fu... “沙子、盐、铁、铜、石油和锂。它们构建了我们的世界，也将改变我们的未来。”
Highly recommend this if you've not heard of it yet, goes into detail about lithium and some other vital raw materials : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Material-World-Substantial-Story-Fu... "Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil and lithium. They built our world, and they will transform our future."
《Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization》我猜中了其中四种，但有些细节完全让我震惊。绝对引人入胜。
Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization I guessed about four but i was completely blown away by some of the details. Absolutely fascinating.
……等等，这些内容有意将 virtuous、瘦削、快乐的极简主义者的照片与不快乐、超重的人及其成堆物品的照片并置。例如，这本 https://www.amazon.com/Material-World-Global-Family-Portrait... 的封面似乎几乎就是为了让我们对“浪费的”美国家庭产生反感而设计的。我对这种立场的质疑有两方面：（1）没有内在理由说明为什么这是浪费……
…etc. that intentionally juxtapose pictures of a virtuous, thin, happy minimalist with a unhappy, overweight person and their tons of possessions. e.g. the front cover of this https://www.amazon.com/Material-World-Global-Family-Portrait... seems almost designed to make us recoil from the "wasteful" American family. The problem I have with this stance is two-fold: (1) there is no inherent reason why it's wasteful…
这让我强烈想起 Peter Menzel 1994 年的书《Material World: A Global Family Portrait》。http://www.amazon.com/dp/0871564378
I'm strongly reminded of Peter Menzel's 1994 book "Material World: A Global Family Portrait". http://www.amazon.com/dp/0871564378
……生物量中限制性元素是磷——那么现代生活方式的限制性材料是什么？至少有一本新书探讨了这个问题：https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/125937631-material-world 谁来决定资源如何划分/分配？用什么机制？我的祖父生活在商业狩猎被禁止的时代（而且多个物种在……之前已经灭绝）。
…biomass the limiting element is phosphorous --- what is the limiting material for our modern lifestyle? There's at least one recent book which looks at this: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/125937631-material-world Who is going to determine how resources are divided/allocated? Using what mechanism? My grandfather lived in a time when commercial hunting was outlawed (and multiple species were made extinct before…
……本身如此，但它确实需要更多采用，以及一种不依赖电池的实现，这给人类掠夺的资源增加了第五项：https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112974899-material-world（新来者是锂，其他是沙子、盐、铜和石油）。我们不断越过无人多谈的临界点：https://what-if.xkcd.com/33/ 而且人们一直在写科学……
…such, but it really needs more adoption, and an implementation which doesn't depend on batteries which added a fifth item to the resources humans plunder: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112974899-material-world (the newcomer is lithium, the others were sand, salt, copper, and oil) We keep crossing tipping points which no one talks about much: https://what-if.xkcd.com/33/ and folks have been writing science…