The coal question
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- Episode: The Story of Rudolf Diesel | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Podcast: Stuff You Should KnowBut there was already back in the 1860s a book by a guy named Stanley Jevons, called 'The Coal Question,' and this guy was already warning about Peak Coal, essentially pointing out like coal is a non-renewable resource, everybody, and we are using it really, really fast. This guy was already ringing the alarm about it, and Rudolf Diesel was exactly the kind of person who had his ear out for this kind of thing.