Klaus Michael Meyer-Abich/Bertram Schefold: Die Grenzen der Atomwirtschaft. Mit einer Einleitung von Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker. C. H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, München 1986, 231 Seiten, 28 DM

Introduction: civilization is about energy -- Waiting for the windshield -- Joules are a society's best friend -- Sustainable, shustainable -- Renewables reality check -- The trials and travails of taming the atom -- Inviting back the toilet-trained genie -- Innovation: steve austin or gray goo?...

The Eleventh World Energy Conference 1980 was held in Munich from the 8th to the 12th of September. “Looking ahead to 2020”—the title of the energy survey published for this conference—indicates that the long-term trend was in the centre of interest. Oil is a finite resource and has to...

The historic link between output (GDP) growth and employment has weakened. Since there is no quantitively verifiable economic theory to explain past growth, this unique book explores the fundamental relationship between thermodynamics (physical work) and economics