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Episode: The Story of Rudolf Diesel | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
The coal question
Buy on Amazon"But 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."
Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
Buy on Amazon"Uh, if you want to know more about diesel and his engine, then just go read, uh, Douglas Brunt's book on it. And since I mentioned Douglas Brunt for one last time, it's time for listener mail. Uh, I'm going to call this Harvard follow-up with the old Puritans episode."