Comments on: Book review – How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

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Mon, 25 Sep 2023 10:18:43 +0000

[…] built around fossil fuels and cannot be changed overnight (something Smil also pointed out in How the World Really Works), thus, she insightfully suggests, carbon pricing should come not at the start, but at the end of […]

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Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:13:53 +0000

[…] 628). For example, despite exhortations, it is really hard to “just stop oil” because fossil fuels are about much more than electricity generation; they also underlie transportation, agriculture, and the fabrication of materials such as plastic, […]

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inquisitivebiologist — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:32:17 +0000

In reply to bormgans.

Thanks. Beyond that swipe, Smil doesn’t actually say more about Chomsky.

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By: bormgans

bormgans — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 05:59:11 +0000

Great review. One remark though: Chomsky is a political scientist too, and if Smil frames him as just a linguist, he clearly underestimates Chomsky’s deep knowledge of international affairs, and I suspect he might have ideological reason’s to do so.

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