Tad Patzek
Professor emeritus of petroleum and chemical engineering and director of a petroleum engineering center at KAUST, focused on thermodynamics, earth systems, and the ecology of human survival; author of Thermal Power and Climate Change.
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Tad Patzek, professor emeritus and thermodynamicist focused on energy and earth systems, explains civilization through power flows. He discusses per-capita power as a key variable, why renewables depend on fossil-built supply chains, the nonlinear scaling of overshoot, and how energy, water, and materials constrain our future. Short, math-forward takes on climate, infrastructure fragility, and what true sustainability might require.
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