Abstract
Material substitution has for centuries reduced the costs and enhanced the quality of the tools, weapons, shelter, and other material objects of use to society. It has pushed back the cost-increasing effects of resource depletion while expanding man’s horizon of opportunities. In recent years, the pace of material substitution has quickened. Many new materials have been introduced, and old ones improved.
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Tilton, J.E. (1991). Material Substitution: The Role of New Technology. In: Nakićenović, N., Grübler, A. (eds) Diffusion of Technologies and Social Behavior. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02700-4_15
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