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Bucky' wealth was in doing ever more with ever less. He called it ephemeralization.
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Ephemeralization
Ephemeralization, a term coined by R. Buckminster Fuller in 1938, is the ability of technological advancement to do "more and more with less and less until eventually you can do everything with nothing," that is, an accelerating increase in the efficiency of achieving the same or more output while requiring less input. Wikipedia
Nanotechnology, not organic chemistry.

"The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed." ― Mahatma Gandhi A good example is abiotic oil production.
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