Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization, by Vaclav Smil.
茨拉夫·斯米尔的《创建当代世界:材料及去材料化》
One of Smil’s books makes my list of favorites pretty much every year. This time it’s his look at the world’s use of materials, from silicon to wood to plastic and cement. If anyone tries to tell you we’re using fewer materials, send him this book. With his usual skepticism and his love of data, Smil shows how our ability to make things with less material—say, soda cans that need less aluminum—makes them cheaper, which actually encourages more production. We’re using more stuff than ever.
每一年斯米尔的书都在我的最爱榜上有名。这一次,他的这本书讲述的是世界材料的用法——从硅到木头到塑料到水泥。如果有人试图告诉你,我们已经不怎么用到材料了,就把这本书糊他脸上。怀着一贯的怀疑论还有数据狂爱,斯米尔展示了我们如何用更少的材料来制作物品——比如说少用铝的汽水罐——让它们产量更多而且还更便宜。我们比以往用的材料都要多。
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