The statistical survey is one of the best tools to face the complexity of physical, chemical and socio-anthropological phenomena. Sometimes however it hides pitfalls against which it is not easy to take precautions and which could have considerable consequences.
In questo articolo, senza pretesa di esaustività, cercheremo di fare chiarezza sulle problematiche odierne, sul destino, i meriti, e gli scheletri nell’armadio dei tanto discussi combustibili fossili.