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The history of energy use is a sequence of transitions to sources that are cheaper, cleaner, and mo
The history of energy use is a sequence of transitions to sources that are cheaper, cleaner, and mo
The history of energy use is a sequence of transitions to sources that are cheaper, cleaner, and mo
The history of energy use is a sequence of transitions to sources that are cheaper, cleaner, and mo
The history of energy use is a sequence of transitions to sources that are cheaper, cleaner, and mo
The history of energy use is a sequence of transitions to sources that are cheaper, cleaner, and mo
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Vaclav Smil:
Exceptional circumstances can accelerate the gradual process of energy transitions: France's decisiVaclav Smil:
Economic and technical imperatives - not any preconceived directives - will keep propelling the proVaclav Smil:
Renewable energy is very significant.Vaclav Smil:
This is the question I'm asking: Do Americans live twice as long because they consume twice as muchVaclav Smil:
When you talk in terms of electricity, renewable is very important. Hydro in Manitoba. Hydro in SweVaclav Smil:
I live in a province where we have the cheapest electricity in North America - indeed, in the WesteVaclav Smil:
In every society, manufacturing builds the lower middle class. If you give up manufacturing, you enVaclav Smil:
Most innovation is not done by research institutes and national laboratories. It comes from manufacVaclav Smil:
Innovation usually arises from somebody taking a product already in production and making it betterVaclav Smil:
The great hope for a quick and sweeping transition to renewable energy is wishful thinking.