How the World Really Works
A review of

How the World Really Works

The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We’re Going

Vaclav Smil • Viking • 2022
Debater

A Fossil-Fuel World

by David Meyer

Brilliant professor and author Vaclav Smil cites an astonishing range of facts and insights to demonstrate that fossil fuels aren’t going away.

Vaclav Smil – a distinguished professor emeritus at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, and the author of Numbers Don’t Lie and Creating and Transforming the Twentieth Century – describes the history of energy and the saga of humanity’s reliance on fossil fuels.

Fire and Animate Energy

Fewer than two billion of Earth’s eight billion people are reaping the benefits of 20th- and 21st-century advances in medicine, nutrition, safety, and energy – advancements based, in many instances, on the use of fossil fuels.

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    N. M. 11 months ago
    The article is great vaclav smil the world will not end soon despite the production of green house gases i love this article every statement is true yes friend it really needs a power in africa to make people every person has the power of about seven people in the house and 24 hours time. vaclav smil thank you so much for writing and we need more knowledge and knowledge so that we can understand the world better.