Mark Smith, co-founder of CleanConnect.ai, provides an overview of the book, How the World Really Works, by Vaclav Smil.
This episode analyzes the foundational importance of energy, especially, the role of fossil fuels.
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EP71 – How the World Really Works
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Vaclav Smil
Vaclav Smil
Vaclav Smil does interdisciplinary research in the fields of energy, environmental and population change, food production, history of technical innovation, risk assessment, and public policy. By June 2023 he published 47 books and more than 500 papers on these topics. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Science Academy), and a Member of the Order of Canada.