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The Flow of Energy in an Industrial Society

The U. S., with 6 percent of the world's population, uses 35 percent of the world's energy. In the long run the limiting factor in high levels of energy consumption will be the disposal of the waste heat

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 225 Issue 3This article was originally published with the title “The Flow of Energy in an Industrial Society” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 225 No. 3 (), p. 134
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0971-134